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<blockquote data-quote="Blandco" data-source="post: 8161796" data-attributes="member: 7028949"><p>And don't even get me started on the whole - "Start the game at level 3" for ALL games including games that include new players that was all the rage about 5 years ago. (Oh God 6 years ago now.)</p><p></p><p>Literally the only place I saw online that had a majority of DM understanding why lower level sessions were needed were on the D&D Beyond forums. Every other place I checked online just blindly wanted to start games at level 3 because "It was too easy for PCs to die at level 1" "lower levels are boring" "PCs don't have enough to do at levels 1 and 2" "You can't run an eldritch Knight at level 1".</p><p></p><p>When I asked how a person who was new to D&D would understand what an eldritch knight was I got no response.</p><p></p><p>This was clearly caused by pretty much all streamed games starting at level 3 at that time.</p><p></p><p>In many ways the discussions around level 0 games have helped out a lot but in some cases are getting close to an over correcting response.</p><p></p><p>So in final I say that the DM is always right. Unless they are planning their games based on what someone else is doing online. Then they are generally always wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blandco, post: 8161796, member: 7028949"] And don't even get me started on the whole - "Start the game at level 3" for ALL games including games that include new players that was all the rage about 5 years ago. (Oh God 6 years ago now.) Literally the only place I saw online that had a majority of DM understanding why lower level sessions were needed were on the D&D Beyond forums. Every other place I checked online just blindly wanted to start games at level 3 because "It was too easy for PCs to die at level 1" "lower levels are boring" "PCs don't have enough to do at levels 1 and 2" "You can't run an eldritch Knight at level 1". When I asked how a person who was new to D&D would understand what an eldritch knight was I got no response. This was clearly caused by pretty much all streamed games starting at level 3 at that time. In many ways the discussions around level 0 games have helped out a lot but in some cases are getting close to an over correcting response. So in final I say that the DM is always right. Unless they are planning their games based on what someone else is doing online. Then they are generally always wrong. [/QUOTE]
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