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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9877338" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p>My 5e long term campaigns have been converted Pathfinder 1e adventure paths and always started at level 1 and used milestone leveling to match the 3e adventure advancement pacing. So also longer at level 1 than 5e standards.</p><p></p><p>I have run 5e one shots that were either level 1 or higher level (7th-9th?).</p><p></p><p>Level one in D&D always seemed the time to run nontypical D&D adventures: Sherlock Holmes and Call of Cthulhu type investigations, ghost story plot lines, social interaction focused things, etc. Once you get a couple levels and decent hp buffer in every edition you become a more typical Conan effective action movie combatant who can often expect to win a lot of fights, at first level in particular action movie fights should not be the focus based on the mechanical realities for PCs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9877338, member: 2209"] My 5e long term campaigns have been converted Pathfinder 1e adventure paths and always started at level 1 and used milestone leveling to match the 3e adventure advancement pacing. So also longer at level 1 than 5e standards. I have run 5e one shots that were either level 1 or higher level (7th-9th?). Level one in D&D always seemed the time to run nontypical D&D adventures: Sherlock Holmes and Call of Cthulhu type investigations, ghost story plot lines, social interaction focused things, etc. Once you get a couple levels and decent hp buffer in every edition you become a more typical Conan effective action movie combatant who can often expect to win a lot of fights, at first level in particular action movie fights should not be the focus based on the mechanical realities for PCs. [/QUOTE]
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