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Message: <blockquote data-quote="diaglo" data-source="post: 2457548" data-attributes="member: 2885">what are levels?levels aren't just power ups. they are epiphanies.the experience you need to level is more than just points and time put in.otherwise all commoners in their late 50's would be lvl 20.they are learning... that means. you have learned something new. adapted it and understood it. and now benefit from it.you learn more from losing than winning they say. but that isn't the way D&D plays. you learn by surviving in D&D. so when you gain more levels. it means it is harder to teach the old dog new tricks.. ergo it requires more experience before you grasp enough to make it into something you can use.it means seeing someone juggle 3 balls doesn't mean you can. but given time, exposure, and practice... aka experience... you will learn. now.. to juggle 4 balls.. you will need to adapt your technique and learn a way to do it. then 5.. then 6.. eventually, you will tap out. your mind and body can't do any more.... so you get the 60 year old 2nd lvl Commoner. he just never learned a new way. and even showing or telling him... ain't gonna make him do it.</blockquote>