Firepower progression of the Myrmidon

[Skarg]

Originally Posted by hcobb

If GMIC happens in your world then you have IQ 20 wizards somewhere and if these are human that's around 40 attribute points right there.

Yes. I didn't say that no one was an exceptionally capable person. I just said that only some people become exceptionally powerful people.

Originally Posted by hcobb

But let's just to agree to differ and accept that in my campaigns if a starting PC picks a fight with a captain of the town guard then they are not likely to win that fight.

Why would you think they would be in mine?

I'd expect your guard captains to be in more trouble, because you seem to expect everyone to get 500 XP per year, and then hit the improvement wall after a few years, so the average 23-year-old went from 30 to 37 points in three years, can be 38 points at 25, 39 points by 29 years old. i.e. it's like there are no really exceptional people, and the age of competence is about 23, and 32-point characters are inferior to most older adults?