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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 9192609" data-attributes="member: 22424">&quot;No one&quot; is an exaggeration, of course. But high-level play is relatively rare. Though, to be honest, I think that's inevitable:I'm reasonably sure that the majority of campaigns still start at 1st level. I'm as certain as I can be without being WotC that the vast majority start at a low level. They then run for a while, gain some number of levels, and stop (campaign ends, fizzles out, TPK, whatever). And then a new campaign begins.That means that the bell curve for play will inevitably skew very strongly towards those low levels.Finally, although the plural of anecdote isn't data, here's my experience: as a DM of 35 years' experience in every numbered edition since 2nd (and also BECMI), I've had campaigns go into double-figures in terms of PC levels on five occasions: once in 2nd Edition (with some really heavy fudging), once in 3.0, twice in 3.5e, and now once in 5e. The highest-level I've ever seen in play was 18th, in 3.5e - had we levelled up the characters at the end of the final session they'd have reached 19th level.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 9192609, member: 22424"] "No one" is an exaggeration, of course. But high-level play is relatively rare. Though, to be honest, I think that's inevitable: I'm reasonably sure that the majority of campaigns still start at 1st level. I'm as certain as I can be without being WotC that the vast majority start at a low level. They then run for a while, gain some number of levels, and stop (campaign ends, fizzles out, TPK, whatever). And then a new campaign begins. That means that the bell curve for play will inevitably skew very strongly towards those low levels. Finally, although the plural of anecdote isn't data, here's my experience: as a DM of 35 years' experience in every numbered edition since 2nd (and also BECMI), I've had campaigns go into double-figures in terms of PC levels on five occasions: once in 2nd Edition (with some [I]really[/I] heavy fudging), once in 3.0, twice in 3.5e, and now once in 5e. The highest-level I've ever seen in play was 18th, in 3.5e - had we levelled up the characters at the end of the final session they'd have reached 19th level. [/QUOTE]

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