Another Time Perhaps

[Lanefan]

In my own campaigns, they barely start hitting double digits after - let's see...484 - 492 = 8 years in one campaign, late-754 - mid 759 = 4.5 in the other (both are/were 1e-based). In the 3.0 variant I play in, we're now averaging about 9th (with some at 10th) after about 3 years of game time I think; I've lost track of what year it is.

Then again, characters bump in all these much less often than the designers intended.

Lanefan

 

[Michael Silverbane]

It depends a lot on the campaign, for me... The spelljammer campaign that I ran had the characters spending lots of time going from place to place... So it probably took them ten years to get from level six (the level at which I started the campaign) to level ten. This was over the course of about thirty six sessions (about a year and a half, real time).

In another campaign that I've run... The characters progressed from level one to level three in about three months of game time, then I skipped two years, and had them bump their character to tenth level at that time... So, just a little over two years. This took place over the course of about eight sessions (four months of real time).

Later
silver

 

[Vegepygmy]

The last campaign I played in (Age of Worms) we went from 1st to 20th level in the space of perhaps 3-4 months game time, tops. I'm currently playing in Savage Tide, we're about to hit 10th level, and it has been well under 6 months. So I answered "less than 6 months" for the poll.

When I DM, however, it takes years to reach double-digit levels. That's how I prefer it.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Hmmm, need a [it varies all over the darned place' choice....
Recent campaigns - Spycraft 2.0 16th level took about a year.

Homebrew setting - 12th level, two years, with a few gaps.

Iron Kingdoms 8th level, about a year, playing 3 weeks a month.

Roughly 1.5 years.

The Auld Grump

 

[Hussar]

Sigh, I did say, "In game time" as in not play time, but, in character time. Ah well, back to remedial poll writing for me.

 

[Nyaricus]

Between 6 months and a year and a half. Depends on whether I say "okay, you level up now or I'm handing out EXP (if the former, then more slowly, if the latter, then faster).

cheers,
--N

 

[Odhanan]

I'd say about a year/year and a half. XP on our recent campaigns, such as the Seven Spires or Praemal Tales were awarded pretty much by the book/DMG guidelines.

 

[WayneLigon]

Around six months to a year of in-game time but it depends on the pacing. I've been in a couple of games where we'd rest somewhere during the winter, or have extensive downtime. The game I'm in now, it's not uncommon for the GM to say 'five days have passed'.

 

[Umbran]

Advancement rates run at roughly the same rate as the overall story. Some stories are long and slow, some short and fast. I've had characters rocket to heights quickly, and others do the same thing over a lifetime.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Wow, I feel like a snail. I generally have a rule of about 1/2 to 1 year per level. That way, if a human makes it to 20th level, that puts them in the 30 - 40 range, which sounds about right in my estimation.