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In my most recent campaign, I limited player options and wrote some species specific lore for each in a campaign handout. It has worked...

Oh, for sure. It’s not like it’s totally impossible to predict when the next level might come without XP to give you a clue. I just...

Do you only ever do exactly what the book or module says? Or do you use your own creativity and resourcefullness to add, subtract, or...

That's really how you think milestone leveling works and how DMs who use it run their games? Interesting.

Current Pathfinder 1E campaign I am playing in is still ongoing after 5+ years and we are Level 18. I expect we will make it to 20...

This you? ;)

Either way works. Really depends on the DM and what their desires are for the games they wish to run. If a DM is open to all kinds of...

Yup. I've had that often enough- except the player(s) generally try to justify it, forcing that square peg into the round hole, they...

I changed the thread title to be a little more illuminating. Sorry! That's certainly not a bad idea. Obviously it's good to lean into...

This is one of the advantages of playing in a game with a DM who takes a more active hand in establishing setting expectations. If they...

Agreed, it does not have the same solidity that XP counts do because you are beholden to guesstimating how long the quest you are on...

For DMs looking to imbue their fantasy worlds with the gritty, relentless authenticity of a true industrial complex, there is no better...

But by the same token... if the DM is using story milestones rather than XP... players still get a "progress bar" of sorts because they...

The value of XP is that it provides players (and the DM) with a visible progress bar, showing them how close they are to leveling up...

I am a milestone DM and do not have a set formula or knowledge of how many sessions it will take to level up... because everything can...