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<blockquote data-quote="ConcreteBuddha" data-source="post: 521458" data-attributes="member: 3139">Wait a second, you make an assumption, then you jump on me for being thorough?Actually, I can, since divine spells cost way more gp than 95% of the populace can afford. As per the DMG.&nbsp;This would worsen the statistics further.&nbsp;There aren't any monsters in the real world (and even animal attacks are pretty rare.) This means that in addition to the pestilence, accidents, infections, or violence of the real world, the fantasy world populace must also contend with monsters. Therefore, I propose that the fantasy world would be far worse than the statistics presented previously.....&nbsp;Only when they have similar data...and make similar assumptions. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />...&nbsp;Yes, this is difficult. I just made a conscious choice based on my specific campaign how rare Epic characters were and went with it. (I can count them all on my fingers.) In my world, the crystal sphere does not let any being higher than L20 into the Material Plane. (Once a L21+ leaves the MP, they are locked out forever.)I tend to think that the Outer and Inner planes should have lots of Epic characters, whereas the Material Plane should be a &quot;newbie&quot; zone. By the decree of the gods or what have you.&nbsp;We are just pointing out the flaws in Irda's description of Thay. Would you prefer us to instead jump on the other bandwagon and say, &quot;Yup, FR has 5 million Epic characters in Thay alone, didn't you know?&quot; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="ConcreteBuddha, post: 521458, member: 3139"] Wait a second, you make an assumption, then you jump on me for being thorough? [B][/B] Actually, I can, since divine spells cost way more gp than 95% of the populace can afford. As per the DMG. [B] [/B] This would worsen the statistics further. [B] [/B] There aren't any monsters in the real world (and even animal attacks are pretty rare.) This means that in addition to the pestilence, accidents, infections, or violence of the real world, the fantasy world populace must also contend with monsters. Therefore, I propose that the fantasy world would be far worse than the statistics presented previously. . . . . [B] [/B] Only when they have similar data...and make similar assumptions. ;) . . . [B] [/B] Yes, this is difficult. I just made a conscious choice based on my specific campaign how rare Epic characters were and went with it. (I can count them all on my fingers.) In my world, the crystal sphere does not let any being higher than L20 into the Material Plane. (Once a L21+ leaves the MP, they are locked out forever.) I tend to think that the Outer and Inner planes should have lots of Epic characters, whereas the Material Plane should be a "newbie" zone. By the decree of the gods or what have you. [B] [/B] We are just pointing out the flaws in Irda's description of Thay. Would you prefer us to instead jump on the other bandwagon and say, "Yup, FR has 5 million Epic characters in Thay alone, didn't you know?" ;) [/QUOTE]

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