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<blockquote data-quote="Thorin Stoutfoot" data-source="post: 362693" data-attributes="member: 1887">Re: Re: Re: 3e is too fast for meI can't speak for others here, but for me right now, D&amp;D 3E is still new. I'm like a guy at the steering wheel of the new sports car. And I want to take it for a spin! That means that I want to take the players from 1st all the way to 20th, to see how 3E feels like. What power curve is it optimal at? At what speed/level does the engine start to whine? At which levels do the tires squeal and start to break down? At what levels do the brake fade.Sure, I can be rely on reviewers to do this and tell me about it, but maybe I'm a better DM/player than most reviewers, and can take 3E to a higher level before it starts to break down?So far, my players are at 9th-10th levels and the system is still purring like a quiet kitten. I haven't maxed out the tacometer like Shark or some of the other guys have yet. I haven't red-lined the machine. And I'm eager to. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Finally, the fast levelling is controllable. It's nice to have a baseline, and they chose the baseline to reflect the typical campaign. I don't think it's a bad baseline at all. Sure, if your typical game lasts 72 months, then it won't work for you. But they had to pick a baseline, and I certainly think that the 1e/2e baseline were unreflective of typical campaigns. (Also, 1e/2e broke down very quickly --- at around 11th or 12th level)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thorin Stoutfoot, post: 362693, member: 1887"] [b]Re: Re: Re: 3e is too fast for me[/b] I can't speak for others here, but for me right now, D&D 3E is still new. I'm like a guy at the steering wheel of the new sports car. And I want to take it for a spin! That means that I want to take the players from 1st all the way to 20th, to see how 3E feels like. What power curve is it optimal at? At what speed/level does the engine start to whine? At which levels do the tires squeal and start to break down? At what levels do the brake fade. Sure, I can be rely on reviewers to do this and tell me about it, but maybe I'm a better DM/player than most reviewers, and can take 3E to a higher level before it starts to break down? So far, my players are at 9th-10th levels and the system is still purring like a quiet kitten. I haven't maxed out the tacometer like Shark or some of the other guys have yet. I haven't red-lined the machine. And I'm eager to. :) Finally, the fast levelling is controllable. It's nice to have a baseline, and they chose the baseline to reflect the typical campaign. I don't think it's a bad baseline at all. Sure, if your typical game lasts 72 months, then it won't work for you. But they had to pick a baseline, and I certainly think that the 1e/2e baseline were unreflective of typical campaigns. (Also, 1e/2e broke down very quickly --- at around 11th or 12th level) [/QUOTE]

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