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<blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 7134154" data-attributes="member: 6716779">Original D&amp;D was lvl 1-10, 1E was up to around level 13 or 14 for some classes higher for others but was really topping out around level 10 with the monsters, a Balor for example had 8HD, Lolth had 66 hp. &nbsp;It was not until 1989 a core book had the level 1-20 thing in it, BECMI did go to level 36 but functionally was level 1-14. BECMI also had a lower power curve level 14 was more like level 11 in AD&amp;D. &nbsp;3E was broken at higher levels, 4E kinda brok in different ways as the game required to much work to run at higher level (as in 10+).&nbsp;There is a reason people talk about the sweet spot, its not a lack of high level support that dooms higher level play its to much work for the DM and most campaigns do not get that high anyway. The highest selling D&amp;D items ever are for level 1-3 and the 1E PHB and most of the classic 1E adventures are level 1-8.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zardnaar, post: 7134154, member: 6716779"] Original D&D was lvl 1-10, 1E was up to around level 13 or 14 for some classes higher for others but was really topping out around level 10 with the monsters, a Balor for example had 8HD, Lolth had 66 hp. It was not until 1989 a core book had the level 1-20 thing in it, BECMI did go to level 36 but functionally was level 1-14. BECMI also had a lower power curve level 14 was more like level 11 in AD&D. 3E was broken at higher levels, 4E kinda brok in different ways as the game required to much work to run at higher level (as in 10+). There is a reason people talk about the sweet spot, its not a lack of high level support that dooms higher level play its to much work for the DM and most campaigns do not get that high anyway. The highest selling D&D items ever are for level 1-3 and the 1E PHB and most of the classic 1E adventures are level 1-8. [/QUOTE]

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