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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9573160" data-attributes="member: 6801845">I don't think the books should offer any guidance because it's going to vary so much.&nbsp; Personally I've never cared for the feeling in FR having an epic level NPC around every other corner.&nbsp; So 1 in a 100,000 or less being a higher level character to account for antagonists works for me, although there are a significant number of NPCs with low level or a different type of magic.&nbsp; At the same time I actually have a decent amount of magic in my campaign world, it's just not instantaneous, flashy or combat oriented like the magic PCs have.&nbsp; Much like a PC wizard in Eberron likely couldn't make a magi-tech train (as far as I know, it's been a while since I've read up on Eberron), I have crafters that do more subtle magic that can be quite powerful.&nbsp; Doesn't mean they could cast Magic Missile to save their life.&nbsp; You would want to think though about long term repercussions of using magic though, especially magic that manipulates others.&nbsp; It's one thing to cast charm person on the occasional doorman to convince them to let you into the grand ball, but cast that charm person on with a high political rank at the party? They're going to be pissed when the spell wears off and they realize what you did.&nbsp; So magic like that isn't going to be an easy path to power like some people think as far as I'm concerned.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9573160, member: 6801845"] I don't think the books should offer any guidance because it's going to vary so much. Personally I've never cared for the feeling in FR having an epic level NPC around every other corner. So 1 in a 100,000 or less being a higher level character to account for antagonists works for me, although there are a significant number of NPCs with low level or a different type of magic. At the same time I actually have a decent amount of magic in my campaign world, it's just not instantaneous, flashy or combat oriented like the magic PCs have. Much like a PC wizard in Eberron likely couldn't make a magi-tech train (as far as I know, it's been a while since I've read up on Eberron), I have crafters that do more subtle magic that can be quite powerful. Doesn't mean they could cast Magic Missile to save their life. You would want to think though about long term repercussions of using magic though, especially magic that manipulates others. It's one thing to cast charm person on the occasional doorman to convince them to let you into the grand ball, but cast that charm person on with a high political rank at the party? They're going to be pissed when the spell wears off and they realize what you did. So magic like that isn't going to be an easy path to power like some people think as far as I'm concerned. [/QUOTE]

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