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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8505430" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>Well, that went faster than I expected thanks to the glory that is Excel! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Level Drains By Class</strong></p><p></p><p>The following data includes every player-character in every 1e-derivative game or campaign I have records for; this includes one-offs and some gonzo games as well as the long campaigns, but note that all or nearly all of the level drains occurred in longer campaigns rather than these one-offs. Adventuring NPCs in parties, which I also track, seem to follow vaguely similar drain rates overall with a few glaring exceptions, noted below.</p><p></p><p>My apologies for the messy formatting below.</p><p></p><p><strong>Class --- Played --- Total levels lost</strong></p><p></p><p>Fighter --- 150 --- 53</p><p>Ranger --- 69 --- 17</p><p>Cavalier --- 22 --- 7</p><p>Paladin --- 11 --- 1 (Paladins do not exist in several of our major campaigns)</p><p>Ntr Clc --- 38 --- 6 (our version of Druid)</p><p>Cleric --- 50 --- 6</p><p>War Clc --- 43 --- 13 (a long-standing homebrew class)</p><p>MagicU --- 61 --- 11</p><p>Illusion't --- 15 --- 4</p><p>Necromcr --- 6 --- 10 (a new-ish homebrew class)</p><p>Thief --- 64 --- 12</p><p>Assassin --- 21 --- 9</p><p>Bard --- 24 --- 5 (includes several homebrew versions and the classic 1e version)</p><p>Monk --- 21 --- 0</p><p>Multi --- 149 --- 34</p><p>Other --- 1 --- 0</p><p></p><p>Notes to the above:</p><p></p><p>--- Drains are total by levels lost, not by characters affected, e.g. the 6 lost Cleric levels does not mean 6 different Clerics got drained.</p><p>--- The "other" is a very-long-ago PC of which there is no remaining record of its class.</p><p>--- All 9 of the lost levels for Assassins happened to the same character; no other Assassin either PC or NPC has ever been drained.</p><p>--- No Monk of any kind has ever been drained (I find this quite amazing!).</p><p>--- Every War Cleric level loss has happened to a PC, no adventuring NPCs have lost levels</p><p>--- Multi-class characters muddy things somewhat; as there's been about 30+ different combinations, many of which have only occurred once or twice, I wasn't about to break them down into each combination. The data for individual classes is for single-class characters, or those close enough to single-class to make no difference.</p><p></p><p>So, [USER=6987520]@DND_Reborn[/USER] , here's the numbers - have at it! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8505430, member: 29398"] Well, that went faster than I expected thanks to the glory that is Excel! :) [B]Level Drains By Class[/B] The following data includes every player-character in every 1e-derivative game or campaign I have records for; this includes one-offs and some gonzo games as well as the long campaigns, but note that all or nearly all of the level drains occurred in longer campaigns rather than these one-offs. Adventuring NPCs in parties, which I also track, seem to follow vaguely similar drain rates overall with a few glaring exceptions, noted below. My apologies for the messy formatting below. [B]Class --- Played --- Total levels lost[/B] Fighter --- 150 --- 53 Ranger --- 69 --- 17 Cavalier --- 22 --- 7 Paladin --- 11 --- 1 (Paladins do not exist in several of our major campaigns) Ntr Clc --- 38 --- 6 (our version of Druid) Cleric --- 50 --- 6 War Clc --- 43 --- 13 (a long-standing homebrew class) MagicU --- 61 --- 11 Illusion't --- 15 --- 4 Necromcr --- 6 --- 10 (a new-ish homebrew class) Thief --- 64 --- 12 Assassin --- 21 --- 9 Bard --- 24 --- 5 (includes several homebrew versions and the classic 1e version) Monk --- 21 --- 0 Multi --- 149 --- 34 Other --- 1 --- 0 Notes to the above: --- Drains are total by levels lost, not by characters affected, e.g. the 6 lost Cleric levels does not mean 6 different Clerics got drained. --- The "other" is a very-long-ago PC of which there is no remaining record of its class. --- All 9 of the lost levels for Assassins happened to the same character; no other Assassin either PC or NPC has ever been drained. --- No Monk of any kind has ever been drained (I find this quite amazing!). --- Every War Cleric level loss has happened to a PC, no adventuring NPCs have lost levels --- Multi-class characters muddy things somewhat; as there's been about 30+ different combinations, many of which have only occurred once or twice, I wasn't about to break them down into each combination. The data for individual classes is for single-class characters, or those close enough to single-class to make no difference. So, [USER=6987520]@DND_Reborn[/USER] , here's the numbers - have at it! :) [/QUOTE]
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