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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 2703867" data-attributes="member: 1465">I voted that my limit is around 15, but I already get somewhat nervous around 12...The two most significant problems I had when I tried to DM at high levels, have been:(1) save-or-die spells/abilities possessed by the monsters; usually the players don't like to suffer these effects on long-running characters, but monsters get these abilities earlier than the PCs, and should use them at their best; sometimes it happened that I downplayed monsters and this is not nice for the players either(2) high lever spells are supposed to be powerful, but some require careful plans from the DM because they can occasionally spoil the fun of the story (scry, teleport being the most famous)If I have to cheat on the players (like forcing a "teleport is forbidden in this area" ad-hoc rule), then IMO it is better not to play high-level at all. I would play high-level only if I can afford to play the game as it is, without banning certain things or house-ruling others, but IMXP the majority of DMs tend to end up doing so.</blockquote>