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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dark2112" data-source="post: 1317209" data-attributes="member: 3503">Yet allowing the rules lawyers of the world to justify why everyone you meet is no higher level than 3rd, regardless of age, is something we should all do, right? I find it highly suspect that people can become so immersed into a fantasy world that they can casually ignore that they're infinitely more powerful than the average joe - yet there's always hundreds more challenges for them to face, every day. Odd, that. You'd figure that if there were that many powerful bad things, and that few heroes to save the day, that the world would have been overrun long ago.The way I run games (and this is by no means the 'right' way, it's just 'my' way), PC's are heroes, yes. That's why they roll 4d6 instead of 3d6 for stats. Putting a cap on NPC levels IMO is ridiculous, as it implies that everyone who isn't a PC is somehow lacking, whether they develop PC levels or not.No, a 20th lvl commoner shouldn't be something you encounter very often, but why couldn't a devoted elven court servant, who's served dozens of human kings in his 600 years of life have achieved 20 levels as a commoner? Changing classes does still incur an xp penalty if it's not your favored and it's more than 1 level apart. If our venerated elf here gained a couple of levels as a commoner, since his favored class is wizard, why would he switch to aristocrat? Especially since he's a servant. *shrugs* Better yet, why would he be 2nd or 3rd level, after all those centuries?Certain things, although in the rules, often have to be ignored in order to maintain a believable functionality within the campaign world being used. If in your game it's quite believeable that you're more powerful than kings and can take on whole armies of commoners (since that's all they have) at 6th level, fine. Personally, I like a campaign world that I can play in from level 1 until level 100, if I so wish, and still have a high level of challenge.</blockquote>

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