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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 6600684" data-attributes="member: 15700">This is a question that's been bouncing around in my head for a long time.  When I look at forums around class discussion, I see a lot of people talk about various builds, always at 20th level."The F6/W14 build is awesome because of x, y, z!"But how many people actually start and play at level 20?  Or get to level 20 fast?  I admit I have a hard time getting my head around it because in natural progression from level 1 or so (how I always have played), none of our PCs even got close to level 20.  Ever, in more than 30 years.  That would take forever.  Most often by the time we get in the low teens, we've moved to a different campaign or want to try out different PCs.But apparently lots of people do play 20th level or we wouldn't have so many people talk about builds.  After all, what good does it do to talk about a level 20 build if you never get there?  And playing a bi-weekly session for 2 years of not having fun with my PC just get to level 20 when it finally does what I want doesn't sound like a lot of fun to me.  I want to have fun every session, and not feel....gimped I guess?...for a LONG time before I get to that level where the build finally shines.  I'm guessing most people don't, so they skip to level 20.  The only other thing I can think of is that people who talk about their awesome level 20 builds never actually play with them, but just theorize.  I guess that's why I'm assuming all these people start at, or near, level 20.  Or play a monty haul style where level advancement is way faster than RAW.So I'm trying to get a feeling on just how many people actually do play at level 20.</blockquote>

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