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Old 01-22-2021, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by The Zappster View Post
I find the problem with level increase games like D&D is the time and effort it takes to do the level up. At the begin of your campaign you spend every other session totally redoing your character because the levels come thick and fast and you barely get to know your characters abilities before you have to do it all again in a session or 2.
See, this is why I refuse to have anything to do with 5th ed and stick to 1st. 5th is completely OP at the novice end of the scale and only gets worse.

As a general rule, older games with level systems don't have the problem of rapid increases, it's the demand for "instant gratification" which video games have helped promote (but not solely responsible for) which in my mind at least has screwed up the hobby. It's very easy to find players compared to 30+ years ago, but extremely difficult to find any with an attention span of greater than a single session.
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