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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7137593" data-attributes="member: 29398">Here I have to kinda disagree on principle, in that while I'm not real big on 3e's idea of everyone having levels (5th-level commoner just doesn't do it for me, sorry) I do believe that anyone in the game world who does things that would normally accrue xp to a played character should get those xp notwithstanding.Obviously this is all "off-screen" and no DM is expected to track the xp totals of every soldier or pickpocket or lab mage...but those people can still gain levels, albeit at a much slower pace than the average adventurer.So, if you do a tour of duty in the Queen's army you might come out as a 0th-level fighter (you did your basic training but by sheer luck never happened to see any action), or as a very low (1st or 2nd) level fighter (you stuck it out for a while, got into some battles and survived), or even as a slightly higher level (3rd-5th) level fighter (you put in a lot of years, saw a lot of action and did some risky or heroic things whether by choice or necessity, survived, maybe got a field promotion or two).Similar examples can be drawn for most other classes.Lanefan</blockquote>