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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7138026" data-attributes="member: 29398">If I may ask, what edition (or game system, for that matter) did you start with?I've been based in 1e AD&D all the way along and have always just taken it for granted that there's other levelled people out there in the world; some who earned said levels by adventuring (in parties other than the one(s) that get played) and others who earned their levels more slowly as soldiers or temple clerics or street thieves or research mages.  Maybe it's because of the published modules...Look at T1 Village of Hommlet.  Half the supposed peasants in that village are levelled - in a few cases significantly so - in at least one class.  And the three BBEGs are also all levelled NPCs.  No PCs here.Look at Dark Tower.  There's a bunch of levelled NPCs you can rescue or meet at various locations, and a boatload more who are there purely as foes.Look at the A-series (A1-A4 Slavers).  There's enough levelled NPCs and enemies in those four modules to fill out half a dozen parties!Besides, if there's no other levelled people out there where do the replacement PCs come from when someone's character dies or retires, or a new player joins the game, or someone wants to hire a hench?Lan-"and no matter how big you get a few of those levelled NPCs are always going to be bigger"-efan</blockquote>