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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8502805" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>The fun maybe lies in overcoming those seemingly-impossible odds, hm?</p><p></p><p>Most of 'em have a level range listed, and some suggest a total-levels amount as well. Keep in mind also that 1e parties were often much bigger than the now-standard 4 members.</p><p></p><p>1st-5th is too much, but 2nd-5th can work fine. 5th-9th is also fine.</p><p></p><p>In one game I play in the PCs currently range from 7th to 13th (mine is the 7th); in the other it's from 8th-13th (mine is 10th).</p><p></p><p>True. There's also level drain, level gain (e.g. via wish or decks of many things etc.), ability/willingness to train into a new level (if using 1e RAW), and a bunch of other factors to consider.</p><p></p><p>The characters in the party I'm DMing are, by sheer random chance, all currently 5th level; and I'm honestly not sure if I've ever otherwise DMed a party at that or higher level where everyone was the same. It won't last long, though; I think at least one of 'em is about to bump, probably next time I give out xp... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8502805, member: 29398"] The fun maybe lies in overcoming those seemingly-impossible odds, hm? Most of 'em have a level range listed, and some suggest a total-levels amount as well. Keep in mind also that 1e parties were often much bigger than the now-standard 4 members. 1st-5th is too much, but 2nd-5th can work fine. 5th-9th is also fine. In one game I play in the PCs currently range from 7th to 13th (mine is the 7th); in the other it's from 8th-13th (mine is 10th). True. There's also level drain, level gain (e.g. via wish or decks of many things etc.), ability/willingness to train into a new level (if using 1e RAW), and a bunch of other factors to consider. The characters in the party I'm DMing are, by sheer random chance, all currently 5th level; and I'm honestly not sure if I've ever otherwise DMed a party at that or higher level where everyone was the same. It won't last long, though; I think at least one of 'em is about to bump, probably next time I give out xp... :) [/QUOTE]
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