Tyler Dunn
Explorer
Of those of you that have had a character reach tier 4 from tier 1, what classes and subclasses have you reached tier 4 with?
Just 5E? Or any edition that reached a point where 9th level spells were flowing?
If I might ask - with that much play (comporable to my levels), why did only 2 PCs in the games you've played in reach 17+? Did the DM end the other campaigns? Players lose interest and end the campaign? Players die and come in with lowere level PCs that for some reason never caught up?PCs who have started at 1st level in my games and hit Tier IV with no bumps/free levelling along the way are:
Hakeem, Berserker Barbarian 20
Quillax, Moon Druid 18
That's in 4 years of frequent play, I probably run 2 5e D&D games a week on average.
If I might ask - with that much play (comporable to my levels), why did only 2 PCs in the games you've played in reach 17+? Did the DM end the other campaigns? Players lose interest and end the campaign? Players die and come in with lowere level PCs that for some reason never caught up?
Just 5E? Or any edition that reached a point where 9th level spells were flowing?
Going in reverse order and only games that are (currently) 5E:
Party 1 (not quite at 17th yet, but soon):
Deep Gnome Wizard (my PC)
Dwarf Cleric
Half-orc Fighter
Halfling Paladin
Human Cleric (a recent replacemet PC)
Party 2:
Mountain Dwarf Barbarian 16, Fighter 4 (my PC)
Half-orc Paladin
Human Bard
Human Rogue
Elven Spellsword
Party 3: (me DM)
Human Illusionist Wizard
Moon Druid (campaign specific race)
Half-orc Fighter/Rogue
Halfling Ranger / Bard (archer)
Tiefling Sorlock
Party 4: (me DM - converted from 4E)
Half-orc Barbarian
Human Cleric
Human Sorcerer
Human Warlock
Paladin (Race was campaign specific)
Party 5: (converted across many editions - Dark Sun - now plays once a year)
Human Sorcerer (my PC)
Dwarf Fighter
Human Psionicst (homebrew)
Half-giant Fighter
2 other PCs I am forgetting
Those are the 5E games that have/will reach 17th that I've been a part of, although 2 started in other editions.
Most of them, with a few being characters that joined at low levels. Few PCs are 'lost' after revivify is available, as that (or purchasing raise dead) is usually available. As long as the desire is there to continue the game and character, once life magic is available, PCs tend to stay in the game. The Half-orc fighter in the first group is also a replacement PC that stepped in somewhere around 5th or 6th level (I think).Did all those characters start at level 1 (except for the replacement cleric)? If so, I'm impressed your parties got that far without anyone (permanently) dying (except for the one with the replacement cleric)