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<blockquote data-quote="Jaeger" data-source="post: 7833250" data-attributes="member: 27996">This.It would actually take a few other steps to really fix the &quot;high level&quot; scaling issues..The question is which future edition designer is brave enough to push for those changes?Exactly, a solution intended to make &quot;low level&quot; monsters a continual threat, just compounded the problem of HP inflation.Not Obvious? I will quibble on this...Maybe too insular an issue for those who were not really familiar with other game systems. Which in fairness to most D&amp;D players, D&amp;D basically is the hobby.But after one read through of any edition of D&amp;D, the ramifications of expanding HP are obvious at a glance. Granted to actually parse through and find exactly when the break points occur takes a bit, but spotting the source of the problem is rather straightforward. It's been present in every edition, and caused issues at high levels in every edition.Interesting that the 3.0 to 5e designers seemed to have never caught on to it. Given that they had the examples from previous editions actual play.I find, more and more&nbsp; I am forming the opinion that they knew the problem perfectly well...And concluded that it just didn't matter.The idea of &quot;high level&quot; zero to superhero play is more important as part of the identity of D&amp;D to the games fan-base, than having high level play be actually functional/not a slog&nbsp; at the table.And so far it seems that they are right.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jaeger, post: 7833250, member: 27996"] This. It would actually take a few other steps to really fix the "high level" scaling issues.. The question is which future edition designer is brave enough to push for those changes? Exactly, a solution intended to make "low level" monsters a continual threat, just compounded the problem of HP inflation. Not Obvious? I will quibble on this... Maybe too insular an issue for those who were not really familiar with other game systems. Which in fairness to most D&D players, D&D basically is the hobby. But after one read through of any edition of D&D, the ramifications of expanding HP are obvious at a glance. Granted to actually parse through and find exactly when the break points occur takes a bit, but spotting the source of the problem is rather straightforward. It's been present in every edition, and caused issues at high levels in every edition. Interesting that the 3.0 to 5e designers seemed to have never caught on to it. Given that they had the examples from previous editions actual play. I find, more and more I am forming the opinion that they knew the problem perfectly well... And concluded that it just didn't matter. The [I]idea [/I]of "high level" zero to superhero play is more important as part of the identity of D&D to the games fan-base, than having high level play be actually functional/not a slog at the table. And so far it seems that they are right. [/QUOTE]

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