Do You Often Get Beyond Mid-Level Play When RPGing?

[Jhaelen]

In 5E, I dislike levels 9+.... just too complex.

Ha! Did any edition of D&D do any better?

 

[CubicsRube]

Never have i ever

 

[aramis erak]

Ha! Did any edition of D&D do any better?

Cyclopedia is less to remember, and thus less onerous to run high level.

AD&D 2E was also less complex in the core, but it's problems lay in other directions.

 

[Psikerlord#]

Only once got past 13th level. the teen levels are a different kind of game. And not for the better.

 

[Michael Silverbane]

Over the many iterations of D&D, I have vastly preferred to play in the upper (teens through twenties) levels. Games that start in the lower levels tend not to last long enough to reach the higher levels, but not all games start at the lower levels.

 

[Tallifer]

As a player my dungeon master usually gets bored.

As a dungeon master, I am too stingy with experience points, because high level characters beak my adventurers so easily. But I did let my players reach 8th level: they have thus far bypassed numerous encounters, but I have learned that that just makes them happy enough to avoid feeling crushed when I hit them with the hurt.

 

[Arashi Ravenblade]

My ongoing homebrew for Pathfinder is level 25, my D&D 3.5 Forgotten Realms game from years ago is level 54, Mutants and Masterminds 3e ranges from Power Level 10-20 with most between PL 13-16, New World of Darkness characters are nearing 1,000 XP on a 7 year old campaign. We used to play from noon saturday to 4am sunday. Now its more like 4pm saturday to midnight or 4 am depending on the GM. And my old Vampire the Masquerade character has around 500xp from playing every single day other than sunday from like 8am to midnight. Man do I miss my misspent early late teens and early 20's when gaming was the only things to do.

 

[Legatus Legionis]

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