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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9322683" data-attributes="member: 6790260"><p>I can only tell you what I have seen. Despite doing deadly combats, we did not level up. The DM told us how much experience we earned, and it was not enough to actually cross that 300 XP benchmark. What more do you want? Annotated actual play podcasts?</p><p></p><p>I can only tell you what I actually, physically experienced--and that experience has (apart from Hussar's game) <em>consistently</em> been that getting a measly 300 XP took so long, several campaigns never even made it that far. I've never seen any campaign gain more than two levels (though that's simply because there hasn't been enough sessions in Hussar's game; there's every indication we'll get there.)</p><p></p><p>I cannot tell you <em>why</em> so many DMs have chosen not to give enough XP to level up at the intended rate. I cannot tell you why they deviated from the clear intent of the rules in a way that damaged the experience. I can only tell you that they did do so. I repeatedly exhorted several of these DMs to reconsider some of their tactics. The first few blithely dismissed any recommendation I gave. Then I started getting active hostility (as in "if you don't like it, you can leave, and if you keep pushing, I might ask you to leave anyway"), despite literally only asking <em>one single time</em>, which was my signal to stop even trying. "DM Empowerment" at its finest.</p><p></p><p>Cast all the aspersions you like. It won't change my lived experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9322683, member: 6790260"] I can only tell you what I have seen. Despite doing deadly combats, we did not level up. The DM told us how much experience we earned, and it was not enough to actually cross that 300 XP benchmark. What more do you want? Annotated actual play podcasts? I can only tell you what I actually, physically experienced--and that experience has (apart from Hussar's game) [I]consistently[/I] been that getting a measly 300 XP took so long, several campaigns never even made it that far. I've never seen any campaign gain more than two levels (though that's simply because there hasn't been enough sessions in Hussar's game; there's every indication we'll get there.) I cannot tell you [I]why[/I] so many DMs have chosen not to give enough XP to level up at the intended rate. I cannot tell you why they deviated from the clear intent of the rules in a way that damaged the experience. I can only tell you that they did do so. I repeatedly exhorted several of these DMs to reconsider some of their tactics. The first few blithely dismissed any recommendation I gave. Then I started getting active hostility (as in "if you don't like it, you can leave, and if you keep pushing, I might ask you to leave anyway"), despite literally only asking [I]one single time[/I], which was my signal to stop even trying. "DM Empowerment" at its finest. Cast all the aspersions you like. It won't change my lived experience. [/QUOTE]
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