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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6974864" data-attributes="member: 6787650"><p>That hasn't been my experience in 5E. First-level PCs are somewhat fragile, but I don't tend to use a lot of AoEs or spellcasting enemies, so what usually happens is that the higher-level PCs frontline while the lower-level PCs shoot arrows and such. After one or two conflicts the low-level PCs have advanced to 3rd level or higher and are no longer fragile.</p><p></p><p>(Not to say that there haven't been unlucky streaks. One player did get killed three or four sessions in a row in exactly the way you describe--but that was due to a combination of bad luck and getting unnecessarily close to gelatinous cubes in combat. So it can happen, it just doesn't have to.)</p><p></p><p>After 3rd level, deaths still happen, but often in ways that being higher-level doesn't particularly help with. E.g. blowing a stealth check while sneaking through a room filled with demons. Being 12th level might increase your odds of survival from near-zero to 50% or so, but whether you're 3rd level or 12th you're better off avoiding the risk entirely with a clever plan, if you can. The main benefit to being higher level is that you tend to have more <em>options</em> for clever plans and fallback strategies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 6974864, member: 6787650"] That hasn't been my experience in 5E. First-level PCs are somewhat fragile, but I don't tend to use a lot of AoEs or spellcasting enemies, so what usually happens is that the higher-level PCs frontline while the lower-level PCs shoot arrows and such. After one or two conflicts the low-level PCs have advanced to 3rd level or higher and are no longer fragile. (Not to say that there haven't been unlucky streaks. One player did get killed three or four sessions in a row in exactly the way you describe--but that was due to a combination of bad luck and getting unnecessarily close to gelatinous cubes in combat. So it can happen, it just doesn't have to.) After 3rd level, deaths still happen, but often in ways that being higher-level doesn't particularly help with. E.g. blowing a stealth check while sneaking through a room filled with demons. Being 12th level might increase your odds of survival from near-zero to 50% or so, but whether you're 3rd level or 12th you're better off avoiding the risk entirely with a clever plan, if you can. The main benefit to being higher level is that you tend to have more [I]options[/I] for clever plans and fallback strategies. [/QUOTE]
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