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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7476350" data-attributes="member: 97077">Are you overlooking the additional vital context of those games - how the adventure is designed, how the DM runs it, what strategy and tactics the party employed, the luck of the dice, etc. - and settling on it being solely level disparity that was the issue? I mean, I've seen plenty of same-level adventurers die, too. I've seen plenty of same-level characters outshine others in certain areas because of the particular pillar in play or how the dice land. Surely you have, too, given your experience. So I don't think it's reasonable to lay this entirely at the feet of level disparity.My own experience shows that this is simply not what happens, certainly not on an ongoing basis. Unless the player chooses to do that.That characters of different levels contribute differently is a given. My position is that you can still contribute meaningfully despite level disparity.As to your particular preference, truly I don't care. But I will debate the stated basis of those preferences if they are debatable. In this case, I would say they are. Sometimes people have a preference first and then give a post-hoc justification for it. That's what this looks like to me, for what it's worth. If someone comes along and calls the justification into question, it can be interpreted as dismissing the preference when that's not what is going on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7476350, member: 97077"] Are you overlooking the additional vital context of those games - how the adventure is designed, how the DM runs it, what strategy and tactics the party employed, the luck of the dice, etc. - and settling on it being solely level disparity that was the issue? I mean, I've seen plenty of same-level adventurers die, too. I've seen plenty of same-level characters outshine others in certain areas because of the particular pillar in play or how the dice land. Surely you have, too, given your experience. So I don't think it's reasonable to lay this entirely at the feet of level disparity. My own experience shows that this is simply not what happens, certainly not on an ongoing basis. Unless the player [I]chooses [/I]to do that. That characters of different levels contribute differently is a given. My position is that you can still contribute meaningfully despite level disparity. As to your particular preference, truly I don't care. But I will debate the stated basis of those preferences if they are debatable. In this case, I would say they are. Sometimes people have a preference first and then give a post-hoc justification for it. That's what this looks like to me, for what it's worth. If someone comes along and calls the justification into question, it can be interpreted as dismissing the preference when that's not what is going on. [/QUOTE]

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