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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 4484004" data-attributes="member: 3586">There's a real assumption in early D&D that you're playing quite often, so that low-level characters get plenty of opportunities to play. Eventually you get one that survives, and that one becomes famous and beloved.I think combat is as frequent in oD&D and AD&D as in later editions; it's just that you pay a lot more attention to how difficult things are. Running away if it goes badly is more accepted as a tactic, and there are some encounters you avoid altogether. However, that doesn't take long and you're into the next combat quickly. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Once most of the party is a few levels higher (definitely by 5th), new 1st level characters gain XP a lot quicker, and so don't have to put up with low hp for as long. Sure, they're up against tougher monsters, but not that much tougher.Cheers!</blockquote>