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<blockquote data-quote="Composer99" data-source="post: 9505712" data-attributes="member: 7030042">I would consider &quot;level drain&quot; as it is classically implemented to be extremely un-fun and will unequivocally refuse to play in a system that uses it. If the next time I'm DMing for my playgroup, they want me to run an OSR game (I have offered to run Dolmenwood), I will probably propose an alternative mechanic.I'm not opposed to long-lasting changes for a character, but I have no patience for the busywork involved in determining the effects of losing levels - indeed, as a practical matter I detest even the 5e approach to undead energy drain of reducing a character's hit point maximum. I'd much rather use exhaustion.All that is to say that it can both be true that your player had a great time playing in a game where level drain is &quot;a thing&quot; and that the same mechanic would be a hard no-sell for a vast majority of D&amp;D players.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Composer99, post: 9505712, member: 7030042"] I would consider "level drain" as it is classically implemented to be [I]extremely[/I] un-fun and will unequivocally refuse to play in a system that uses it. If the next time I'm DMing for my playgroup, they want me to run an OSR game (I have offered to run Dolmenwood), I will probably propose an alternative mechanic. I'm not opposed to long-lasting changes for a character, but I have no patience for the busywork involved in determining the effects of losing levels - indeed, as a practical matter I detest even the 5e approach to undead energy drain of reducing a character's hit point maximum. I'd much rather use exhaustion. All that is to say that it can both be true that your player had a great time playing in a game where level drain is "a thing" and that the same mechanic would be a hard no-sell for a vast majority of D&D players. [/QUOTE]

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