D&D 4E What level have you achieved in a 4E campaign?
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666Sinner666
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First campaign ended at 16th with myself and one other player being the only original ones. Second campaign ended at 4th when the DM moved away. Third campaign ended at 16th when the DM got tired of playing. Numerous campaigns have started and died before 2nd due to scheduling issues.
Aulirophile
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1-30 twice. After that everyone pretty much decided Heroic was boring by comparison, and I've done 12-30... 17? times since then. Around there.
We play twice a week in two parallel campaigns for 4-6 hours. We actually follow XP values, we don't auto-level at point xyz or anything. We just resolve combat very quickly. Much faster then the average from my understanding (only person who takes more then 40 seconds for their whole turn is the controller kind of fast). It isn't unheard of for us to do a level per session at 10 fights per level (though one of those is usually a skill challenge).
Basically we spend about 1/2 the time fighting and 1/2 the time RPing, but since combat goes by so fast we do 2-3x as many fights per session compared to the average table.
We play twice a week in two parallel campaigns for 4-6 hours. We actually follow XP values, we don't auto-level at point xyz or anything. We just resolve combat very quickly. Much faster then the average from my understanding (only person who takes more then 40 seconds for their whole turn is the controller kind of fast). It isn't unheard of for us to do a level per session at 10 fights per level (though one of those is usually a skill challenge).
Basically we spend about 1/2 the time fighting and 1/2 the time RPing, but since combat goes by so fast we do 2-3x as many fights per session compared to the average table.
Man! How often do you people game?
I can honestly say I've achieved some high-level PCs, but it took me many, many years. Some of the more epic PCs have an advancement rate of 1 level per 1-2 years.
The longest 3.5 campaign we've had in our group took about 2 years to reach 10th level...and it took months to get to 11th and 12th after that.
I can honestly say I've achieved some high-level PCs, but it took me many, many years. Some of the more epic PCs have an advancement rate of 1 level per 1-2 years.
The longest 3.5 campaign we've had in our group took about 2 years to reach 10th level...and it took months to get to 11th and 12th after that.
The highest I've ever taken a character I've played from level 1 is level 5. I seem to have a knack for dying just before hitting level 6 (like, literally in the encounter that would get me the XP to level...).
The longest level run I've ever played in one continuous campaign (regardless of how many characters it took me), is probably... five? Huh. Depends on if you count the one campaign where after a TPK we started a new bunch of characters, on a completely different quest, but at the same level and in the same world. In that case, 9 or 10. (The same character ended up migrating over into a completely different campaign, by a different DM, and has reached level 12).
In the campaign I DM, the players have just hit level 8, and two of them are still playing the same characters they've had since the start. Everyone else has had to replace their character at least once, with the highest turnover being a player who is on his fourth character.
The longest level run I've ever played in one continuous campaign (regardless of how many characters it took me), is probably... five? Huh. Depends on if you count the one campaign where after a TPK we started a new bunch of characters, on a completely different quest, but at the same level and in the same world. In that case, 9 or 10. (The same character ended up migrating over into a completely different campaign, by a different DM, and has reached level 12).
In the campaign I DM, the players have just hit level 8, and two of them are still playing the same characters they've had since the start. Everyone else has had to replace their character at least once, with the highest turnover being a player who is on his fourth character.
666Sinner666
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All the campaigns I have been in we only met once a week. The two that went to 16th took 1 to 1.5 years to reach that level. Keep in mind that one of those campaigns was run by a bat schnit loony DM who saw fit to just throw monsters that fit his story line at us and not necessarily our level. We literally gained 4 levels in one fight and went from 8-12.
I am DMing my first 4th edition table top games. They have one set of characters that will make 11th level at the end of the next session or two, depending on how fast they finish. They are in an epic final tier adventure that I made, but if they succeed, I might run them through Trollhaunt Warrens, just cause this semester is kicking my butt. I also DM'd them to level 3 with a pair of evil characters. We used these when we had an extra guy in the group that only plays once in a while.
As far as playing, I had an 11th level dragonborn swordmage in a PBP game. Man does eleven levels take a long time on PBP. One of my players DMs a game once every couple of months and we all use dragonborn characters. Mine is a dragonborn barbarian and we just made it to level 4.
As far as playing, I had an 11th level dragonborn swordmage in a PBP game. Man does eleven levels take a long time on PBP. One of my players DMs a game once every couple of months and we all use dragonborn characters. Mine is a dragonborn barbarian and we just made it to level 4.
Jan van Leyden
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Our current campaign started fall 2008. We play once every three weeks for some 2 hours. The group consists of five players; the game is canceled when at least two players can't make it - which happens less often since we move to a regular schedule.
Th characters are 5th level and half-way to the 6th. XPs are calculated by the book, but characters of absent players receive XP as well.
Th characters are 5th level and half-way to the 6th. XPs are calculated by the book, but characters of absent players receive XP as well.
