Level 1 to 20 in 60 days.

[Papewaio of The Org]

This is like one of those get a 6 pack in 5 minutes of exercise. So it is tongue in cheek look at the maths behind leveling up.

Here are the assumptions based on things developers have stated.
It takes 13 encounters to level up.
These encounters will use a quarter of the parties resources in each one.

So you can have four encounters per day before using up all the spells of the party and then calling a rest.

Next day rinse and repeat.

After 3 days, go up a level.

So hypothetically a character go from 1st to 20th in 60 days.

 

[DJCupboard]

Not to disrupt the tongue-in-cheekness, but at 4 a day, it will take 3.25 days to complete 13 encounters and level up, so 20 levels would be 65 days. I think you should sell it as "farm-boy to epic in just two months!" With tiny text at the bottom of the screen and a fast-talking announcer going over the actual time, noting that "results may vary."

DJC

 

[Olaf the Stout]

Personally I think that level advancement in 3rd edition is much too slow.




What?

Olaf the Stout

 

[Roger]

I think you should sell it as "farm-boy to epic in just two months!"

Specifically, the "moisture farmer" speciality of "farm-boy".


Cheers,
Roger

 

[Papewaio of The Org]

Not to disrupt the tongue-in-cheekness, but at 4 a day, it will take 3.25 days to complete 13 encounters and level up, so 20 levels would be 65 days. I think you should sell it as "farm-boy to epic in just two months!" With tiny text at the bottom of the screen and a fast-talking announcer going over the actual time, noting that "results may vary."

DJC

Actually you start at level 1 so it is 62 days... so it would fit the 2 month paradigm perfectly.

 

[Agent Oracle]

Actually you start at level 1 so it is 62 days... so it would fit the 2 month paradigm perfectly.

What two back-to-back months each have 31 days praytell?

two months... and a bit.

 

[EyeontheMountain]

Try July-August. Perfect summer weather for adventuring.

 

[Crothian]

What two back-to-back months each have 31 days praytell?

My months. We are talking about time in a fantasy setting.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

What two back-to-back months each have 31 days praytell?

two months... and a bit.

July and August both have 31 days on my calendar!

Olaf the Stout

 

[Thurbane]

Only problem I see with the calculations is Curing - if you use 25% of your resources each encounter, 4 encounters a day, then in theory you wouldn't have any Cures left to get everyone up to full HP at the end of the day.

But then again, this doesn't take into account Curing or Regeneration items, so...