Leveling Question [Archive] - Wizards Community

Leveling Question [Archive] - Wizards Community

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chronocrosselite
10-02-05, 05:34 PM i noticed the 'NPC' characters are all low lvl and i assume the badguys are suppose to be higher lvls then they are cause of the setting.

is the game designed so you stay low lvl? do you progress slower there than in other settings?
Just another user
10-02-05, 05:49 PM The idea of the setting is that level advancement works for PCs (and some NPC) differently than for normal people. the standard NPC simply don't have the potential to reach high level, no matter how much they fight or how much adventures they have, they will reach their "maximum potential" that could be 1st level or 12 level and then stop growing for the rest of their lives or grow very slowly.
PCs are different, they are heroes, they have the potential to grow behind the limits of normal men. Practically, they,together with a relatively low number of other NPCs can grow up in level costantly.

(with the search function disabled maybe it would be useful write and stick some sort of FAQ for questions like that that periodically return on the boards. )
The White Sorcerer
10-02-05, 06:19 PM is the game designed so you stay low lvl?
Of course not. As you said yourself, the bad guys are high level. If the PCs remain low level, who's going to save the world from the bad guys?
Salla
10-02-05, 06:34 PM Contrary to popular belief, Eberron is not a low-level setting. Eberron is a setting where the everyday citizenry is low-level, giving the PCs a chance to shine because they can't just call in the 14th level fighter or 12th level Wizard that the DMG demographics say you'd find in a big city.
Raster
10-03-05, 09:11 PM Contrary to popular belief, Eberron is not a low-level setting. Eberron is a setting where the everyday citizenry is low-level, giving the PCs a chance to shine because they can't just call in the 14th level fighter or 12th level Wizard that the DMG demographics say you'd find in a big city.

Just an added note to people who are new to Eberron (not you Salla, just quoting you to add on to what you're saying) but one of the early Dragonshard articles (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ebds/20040712a) has modifications for the DMGs demograpics rules to represent Eberron's lower level(in general) NPCs and greater use of NPC classes for NPCs.
Salla
10-04-05, 12:45 AM Just an added note to people who are new to Eberron (not you Salla, just quoting you to add on to what you're saying) but one of the early Dragonshard articles (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ebds/20040712a) has modifications for the DMGs demograpics rules to represent Eberron's lower level(in general) NPCs and greater use of NPC classes for NPCs.

Thank you, I had completely forgotten about that sucker.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
chronocrosselite 10-02-05, 05:34 PM	i noticed the 'NPC' characters are all low lvl and i assume the badguys are suppose to be higher lvls then they are cause of the setting. is the game designed so you stay low lvl? do you progress slower there than in other settings?
Just another user 10-02-05, 05:49 PM	The idea of the setting is that level advancement works for PCs (and some NPC) differently than for normal people. the standard NPC simply don't have the potential to reach high level, no matter how much they fight or how much adventures they have, they will reach their "maximum potential" that could be 1st level or 12 level and then stop growing for the rest of their lives or grow very slowly. PCs are different, they are heroes, they have the potential to grow behind the limits of normal men. Practically, they,together with a relatively low number of other NPCs can grow up in level costantly. (with the search function disabled maybe it would be useful write and stick some sort of FAQ for questions like that that periodically return on the boards. )
The White Sorcerer 10-02-05, 06:19 PM	is the game designed so you stay low lvl? Of course not. As you said yourself, the bad guys are high level. If the PCs remain low level, who's going to save the world from the bad guys?
Salla 10-02-05, 06:34 PM	Contrary to popular belief, Eberron is not a low-level setting. Eberron is a setting where the everyday citizenry is low-level, giving the PCs a chance to shine because they can't just call in the 14th level fighter or 12th level Wizard that the DMG demographics say you'd find in a big city.
Raster 10-03-05, 09:11 PM	Contrary to popular belief, Eberron is not a low-level setting. Eberron is a setting where the everyday citizenry is low-level, giving the PCs a chance to shine because they can't just call in the 14th level fighter or 12th level Wizard that the DMG demographics say you'd find in a big city. Just an added note to people who are new to Eberron (not you Salla, just quoting you to add on to what you're saying) but one of the early Dragonshard articles (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ebds/20040712a) has modifications for the DMGs demograpics rules to represent Eberron's lower level(in general) NPCs and greater use of NPC classes for NPCs.
Salla 10-04-05, 12:45 AM	Just an added note to people who are new to Eberron (not you Salla, just quoting you to add on to what you're saying) but one of the early Dragonshard articles (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ebds/20040712a) has modifications for the DMGs demograpics rules to represent Eberron's lower level(in general) NPCs and greater use of NPC classes for NPCs. Thank you, I had completely forgotten about that sucker.