High Level Breakdown: Real or Fiction?
High Level Breakdown: Real or Fiction?
Episode 83 streamed live on April 12, 2022
The Outlands
Professor DM says dumb stuff https://youtu.be/6aO_sSCOo9w
Main Topic: High Level in Dungeons and Dragons (DnD)
Why do most games end before the highest levels?
https://www.thegamer.com/dungeons-dragons-player-level-campaign-statistics/
https://www.enworld.org/threads/90-of-d-d-games-stop-by-level-10-wizards-more-popular-at-higher-levels.666097/
-PC power levels too ridiculous?
-GM unable to manage the abilities of the PCs or create challenges for them?
-are the rules just broken? Just too much to keep track of
-outside influences
-too much effort
Who plays to max levels?
What makes high level “Hard” to play in DnD?
Tiers of play through the Editions
5e: https://makeaskillcheck.com/5e-tiers-of-play/and http://dmsworkshop.com/2021/09/10/dnd-101-tiers-levels/
4e: https://dnd4.fandom.com/wiki/Tier
3.x: RPG.net
What about the EPIC Level handbook?
2e or lower: no tiers of play, but there were level titles
Why does OSR seem to avoid it?
A Nod to SuperHero Games:
A Related Question (or two)
What is the highest level/longest lasting campaign you ever played and enjoyed? Which is more important: long lasting or reaching the pinnacle of levels/powers?
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