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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hellcow" data-source="post: 1653750" data-attributes="member: 15800">Exactly. However, if you look at the revised Demographics article on the Wizards website, you'll see that there are actually more *low-level* wizards than you'd get using the standard DMG rules -- just very few high-level ones. The basic idea is:* Possessing levels in a PC class represents a certain level of aptitude and genius that not everyone possesses. A magewright can learn to cast a handful of spells, but the wizard's talent for memorizing any spell he can find -- not to mention creating new spells -- is something most people don't have. * NPCs do not follow the same experience rules as PCs. An NPC can have a plain limit to how far they can go. If you have a 3rd-level wizard, it may be that he just can't advance any further as a wizard; he's reached the limit of his talents. With that said, DMs are certainly encouraged to mix PC and NPC classes in NPCs; so you could have a 3rd-level wizard/3rd-level expert. The demographics article discusses these points in more detail.</blockquote>