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My default is starting at Level 2. I've seen other DMs generally start higher like 3 or 4. I've literally never played a 5e game at...

I feel like I’ve learned what there is for me to learn about starting at 1st level. The last times I ran, I started at (depending on the...

i've never started a 5e (or 5e adjacent) campaign at level 1 and i never will.

My point was that I was focused on those things that aren't WotC's fault--unless WotC is somehow making GMs start their homebrew games...

I've been starting my players PCs off at 3rd level since 3e and will continue to do so. The only exceptions are rare, and those involve...

I choose starting level for the specific campaign or theme adventure experience I'm going for. It could be anywhere from 1 to 20 with...

Well I can't speak for others, but I both stopped buying WotC products and still complain about the current state of the official game...

I have no idea whether they are or aren't, but by your own arguments they aren't? Like...you literally just blamed the fact this doesn't...

Exactly what it says on the tin. 5e has various reasons--formally-recognized or not--for starting at levels other than 1st. Do you...

If people were exclusively running canned adventures, I would agree. I specifically avoided games using pre-written adventures. I...

You'll never get GMs saying that, is what I mean. I mean, this is obviously the loose squishy kind of "never" where there are obviously...

I am well convinced that no amount of "guiding" will ever achieve this effect. The grammar of the English language is simply too...

Trying to fit an Avenger into a Fighter (or Paladin) is even less reasonable than trying to fit in Warlord, because they're doing...

Have you ever thought that, perhaps, you have the cart before the horse? Because the high levels--other than 4e--have always been...

Woah now. You've just made a lightyear sized leap, jumping to conclusions like that. I've never--not once--said that that should be a...