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<blockquote data-quote="Thorin Stoutfoot" data-source="post: 2571187" data-attributes="member: 1887">I find that high level play is much more demanding for the DM than low level play. As PCs gain power and flexibility, they come up with plans, strategems, and ideas that many DMs are not prepared to deal with fairly, hence the preference by DMs for lower level play.The last 1-20th level campaign I ran, I found that as the DM, I ran out of ability to control the game past 15th level. At that point, the PCs could do a lot, and have been played by each player for more than 15 months. I on the other hand, was running monsters at that power level for the first time every time, and did not use their abilities to the max. The next time I run a high powered game, rest assured that I will be better prepared!And the players loved high level games. I literally had players who'd been playing for 15 years begging me not to end the campaign too quickly because they'd never had the ability to cast 9th level spells before. They, did get to 20th level, I had fun, they had fun, and it wasn't any less fun than the 1st-5th levels, but I definitely had to do more page flipping to get to spells I was seeing for the very first time!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thorin Stoutfoot, post: 2571187, member: 1887"] I find that high level play is much more demanding for the DM than low level play. As PCs gain power and flexibility, they come up with plans, strategems, and ideas that many DMs are not prepared to deal with fairly, hence the preference by DMs for lower level play. The last 1-20th level campaign I ran, I found that as the DM, I ran out of ability to control the game past 15th level. At that point, the PCs could do a lot, and have been played by each player for more than 15 months. I on the other hand, was running monsters at that power level for the first time every time, and did not use their abilities to the max. The next time I run a high powered game, rest assured that I will be better prepared! And the players loved high level games. I literally had players who'd been playing for 15 years begging me not to end the campaign too quickly because they'd never had the ability to cast 9th level spells before. They, did get to 20th level, I had fun, they had fun, and it wasn't any less fun than the 1st-5th levels, but I definitely had to do more page flipping to get to spells I was seeing for the very first time! [/QUOTE]

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