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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7583482" data-attributes="member: 20564">Something I liked when I read it but haven't tried was Rob Donoghue's Achievement based leveling.<a href="http://walkingmind.evilhat.com/2018/07/14/achievements-and-levelling-up/#comment-195925" target="_blank">http://walkingmind.evilhat.com/2018/07/14/achievements-and-levelling-up/#comment-195925</a>I was thinking that you introduce a bunch of milestones, and need to accomplish X of them to level, with each level bringing more.  These would be chosen by system mastery (at low levels) and a combination of player-provided goals and campaign arc milestones.So to get from 9th to 10th for a Wizard who is an ancestor of Tenser and facing an invasion of otherworldly abominations.Complete four of:[] Cast ten spells using 5th level slots in meaningful ways.[] Put a spell by Tenser you don't know into your spellbook.[] Research the magic-reflective aura the abominations had at a major library or with a learned sage.[] Find an appropriate gift and propose to Jilliandra.[] Help defeat three different types of the abominations and study their corpses.(Plus any left over from 8th, but not before)The first one, if it's not the one skipped, gives a minimum period of time to level - with one 5th level slot a day that's at least 10 days.  The others are combonations of personal and campaign goals.If I remember correctly, 7th Sea does something related to this, but it's been a while since I read it.Don't know how it would work with 5e, but I think it would be interesting to try.</blockquote>

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