SteveC
Doing the best imitation of myself
A first level character in 4th Edition had the hit points and abilities of perhaps a third level character, for precisely the reason that the low level starter levels are frequently skipped or just aren't that enjoyable for a lot of people. This was a conscious design.would anyone care to elaborate on the meaning of this for the people who weren't around for those wars then?
It wasn't received well by the people who enjoy and want those first levels to be gritty and deadly. That's one of the reasons 5E has the starter levels they do have, and why we have exactly the reverse situation. It was one of the things people objected to the most.
I just want a game that's fun to play from session one and across the levels where you expect to play it. I'm not interested, nor do I have the time for "play this much in order to get to the fun part." I've just come out of a starting game where we advanced fairly rapidly and it was fine. I have to admit I'm not looking for a level one game any time in the near future, though.