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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwoSix" data-source="post: 9560481" data-attributes="member: 205">Something like that, although the idea would be more implemented as a setting "concept", not something I would roll for each NPC (or every PC!).  As a rough baseline, the amount of people who can "handle" a certain amount of spell power, would be a decaying exponential function.  (Which I'll do a rough fit for in a bit.)Fora population of 10 million people, roughly 90% can't cast leveled spells at all, although a decent percentage can eventually learn cantrips.  Out of those million who can handle 1st level spells, only about 10% can handle 2nd level spells, and 10% of those can do 3rd level spells.  (So out of 10,000,000 people, only 10,000 have the capacity to handle fireball, revivify, etc.)The drop off is slower but steady from there; only 1% of those 10,000 can cast 6th level spells, and out of those 100, maybe 5 eventually break through to 9th level spells.In a setting with a few hundred million people, that would give me 100-150 elites who can cast 9th level spells, and a few thousand capable of Tier 3 magic.  That's roughly the feel I'm going for.  This also explains why there are so many high level fighters, rogues, or other non or low magic classes around, despite the general power level being so high.</blockquote>