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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7833274" data-attributes="member: 996"><p>After 4e? </p><p>There's "brave" and then there's foolhardy... </p><p></p><p>So, not obvious, to most of the folks'd be look'n, then?</p><p></p><p>See, now you're talking wizards. ;P</p><p></p><p>Seriously, though, D&D has always had issues around high level, but I can't agree that hit point inflation from HD after 'name' level was a big part of that, because, well, 1e didn't have that kind of hp inflation, and it /really/ had issues at high level, thanks to the overwhelming power gained by casters, and, 4e /didn't/ have issues with high level, in spite of having steady hit point gain of 30 levels (albeit, not HD + CON mod, just a fixed 4, 5, or 6 hp/level), though I'm sure there were folks who thought it had issues /at all levels/. </p><p></p><p>I'd point to LFQW and similar structural problems as the culprit for D&D's perennial lack of playability at high levels.</p><p></p><p>Again, I'm not sure that all correlates the way you suggest. High-level play in, say, late 3.x, wasn't necessarily a slog - it could degenerate into Rocket Tag, rather the opposite issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7833274, member: 996"] After 4e? There's "brave" and then there's foolhardy... So, not obvious, to most of the folks'd be look'n, then? See, now you're talking wizards. ;P Seriously, though, D&D has always had issues around high level, but I can't agree that hit point inflation from HD after 'name' level was a big part of that, because, well, 1e didn't have that kind of hp inflation, and it /really/ had issues at high level, thanks to the overwhelming power gained by casters, and, 4e /didn't/ have issues with high level, in spite of having steady hit point gain of 30 levels (albeit, not HD + CON mod, just a fixed 4, 5, or 6 hp/level), though I'm sure there were folks who thought it had issues /at all levels/. I'd point to LFQW and similar structural problems as the culprit for D&D's perennial lack of playability at high levels. Again, I'm not sure that all correlates the way you suggest. High-level play in, say, late 3.x, wasn't necessarily a slog - it could degenerate into Rocket Tag, rather the opposite issue. [/QUOTE]
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