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<blockquote data-quote="Al" data-source="post: 2323398" data-attributes="member: 2486">Assuming a reasonable demographic spread in a more or less peaceful area, I'd go with 3rd or possibly 4th level.&nbsp; I start from the premise that it's silly to assume that XP can only come from killing monsters, otherwise the vast majority of the population would be 1st level, and the master blacksmith the same level (and therefore, likely the same skill modifier) as his apprentice.&nbsp; As such, I assume a more flexible approach to XP with, as a rule of thumb, people have levels equal to (Age/10 - 1) rounded to the nearest whole number.&nbsp; This would mean that the median of the skilled population* would be about level 3 (i.e. 35-45 year olds).* I'm aware that life expectancy was much lower, but I've assumed 35-45 to be the median age for two reasons: one, in a high-magic world, life expectancy will be lower, and two, life expectancy is usually taken at birth.&nbsp; Once you survived childhood, your life expectancy would be much higher than a newborn.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Al, post: 2323398, member: 2486"] Assuming a reasonable demographic spread in a more or less peaceful area, I'd go with 3rd or possibly 4th level. I start from the premise that it's silly to assume that XP can only come from killing monsters, otherwise the vast majority of the population would be 1st level, and the master blacksmith the same level (and therefore, likely the same skill modifier) as his apprentice. As such, I assume a more flexible approach to XP with, as a rule of thumb, people have levels equal to (Age/10 - 1) rounded to the nearest whole number. This would mean that the median of the skilled population* would be about level 3 (i.e. 35-45 year olds). * I'm aware that life expectancy was much lower, but I've assumed 35-45 to be the median age for two reasons: one, in a high-magic world, life expectancy will be lower, and two, life expectancy is usually taken at birth. Once you survived childhood, your life expectancy would be much higher than a newborn. [/QUOTE]

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