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<blockquote data-quote="Reaper Steve" data-source="post: 7805929" data-attributes="member: 51528"><p>I thought I read something during the development of 5E (by Mike Mearls, I think) in which they stated that 1st & 2nd level were player-training levels using a smaller set of class features. Classes get their full 'base' features at 3rd level. The Starter set adventure was meant to be a common experience for new/low-level play and you could pick a campaign product to keep going with the same characters (and they were going to intentionally minimize the number of 1st-2nd level products/scenarios). I'm pretty sure it was then explicitly stated that they expected to design and publish the campaign products starting in the 3rd-5th level range. </p><p></p><p>I like what they've released so far and there's something to be said for being able to start whatever campaign interests you at 1st level, but I think I would have preferred the campaign books to have stuck with that plan and started in the 3rd-5th level ranges. I'd feel like I was missing something if I cut out the early level parts of a published campaign.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Reaper Steve, post: 7805929, member: 51528"] I thought I read something during the development of 5E (by Mike Mearls, I think) in which they stated that 1st & 2nd level were player-training levels using a smaller set of class features. Classes get their full 'base' features at 3rd level. The Starter set adventure was meant to be a common experience for new/low-level play and you could pick a campaign product to keep going with the same characters (and they were going to intentionally minimize the number of 1st-2nd level products/scenarios). I'm pretty sure it was then explicitly stated that they expected to design and publish the campaign products starting in the 3rd-5th level range. I like what they've released so far and there's something to be said for being able to start whatever campaign interests you at 1st level, but I think I would have preferred the campaign books to have stuck with that plan and started in the 3rd-5th level ranges. I'd feel like I was missing something if I cut out the early level parts of a published campaign. [/QUOTE]
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