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<blockquote data-quote="Coredump" data-source="post: 829499" data-attributes="member: 6939"><p>I think it won't work. Not meaning to be harsh, but the old system worked because of the old experience needed to go up levels kept doubling.</p><p></p><p>For example, and 5th level fighter is killing Ogres, and lets say they give him 200 XP each with your system. He would have to kill 25 Ogres to get to 6th level. So far, so good.</p><p></p><p>Now the same fighter is 10th level, he now needs to kill 50 Ogres to get to 11th level. But it is a LOT easier for a 10th lvl fighter to kill 50 Ogres, than for a 5th level fighter to kill 25.</p><p></p><p>Now, once he is 15th level, he only needs to kill 75. Heck, at that level, he may be killing more than one per round, and they probably can only hit him on a 20. With the right magic, he could go up to 16th level in just one big, yet safe, encounter.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The reason it worked in 1e/2e was of the drastic increase in the number of XP needed to go up a level later on, it was all but a waste of time to kill Ogres at 15th level.</p><p></p><p>Now, you could also change the amount of XP needed to go up a level, but pretty soon you stop playing DnD.... </p><p></p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coredump, post: 829499, member: 6939"] I think it won't work. Not meaning to be harsh, but the old system worked because of the old experience needed to go up levels kept doubling. For example, and 5th level fighter is killing Ogres, and lets say they give him 200 XP each with your system. He would have to kill 25 Ogres to get to 6th level. So far, so good. Now the same fighter is 10th level, he now needs to kill 50 Ogres to get to 11th level. But it is a LOT easier for a 10th lvl fighter to kill 50 Ogres, than for a 5th level fighter to kill 25. Now, once he is 15th level, he only needs to kill 75. Heck, at that level, he may be killing more than one per round, and they probably can only hit him on a 20. With the right magic, he could go up to 16th level in just one big, yet safe, encounter. The reason it worked in 1e/2e was of the drastic increase in the number of XP needed to go up a level later on, it was all but a waste of time to kill Ogres at 15th level. Now, you could also change the amount of XP needed to go up a level, but pretty soon you stop playing DnD.... . [/QUOTE]
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