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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 7497089" data-attributes="member: 1210">Last night saw the first 5e pc of my campaign reach 20th level. I run a hardcore sandbox, with mixed level groups that overlap with each other and interact from time to time. My playstyle is largely based around the notion that pcs can choose their risk and reward level- if a party of level 16-20 goes into a bandit stronghold, they're still fighting the same bandits and earning the same xp and treasure as would a first level party.&nbsp; With that out of the way, I have found that high level 5e works great, maintains its speed of play, and doesn't really bog down (AFAICT). Last night saw the pcs finish up Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, fighting Imix (CR 19), the Second (a badass custom legendary aboleth, CR 18), a water elemental, and six skum (CR 2) at once, with Imix coming at them from behind while the others attacked from the front. The fight took probably an hour and a half. Compare to some high level 3e or 4e play, where a single round might take that long. Also, it took me about 20 minutes to custom build my epic aboleth. In 3e, that would have been several hours.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 7497089, member: 1210"] Last night saw the first 5e pc of my campaign reach 20th level. I run a hardcore sandbox, with mixed level groups that overlap with each other and interact from time to time. My playstyle is largely based around the notion that pcs can choose their risk and reward level- if a party of level 16-20 goes into a bandit stronghold, they're still fighting the same bandits and earning the same xp and treasure as would a first level party. With that out of the way, I have found that high level 5e works great, maintains its speed of play, and doesn't really bog down (AFAICT). Last night saw the pcs finish up Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, fighting Imix (CR 19), the Second (a badass custom legendary aboleth, CR 18), a water elemental, and six skum (CR 2) at once, with Imix coming at them from behind while the others attacked from the front. The fight took probably an hour and a half. Compare to some high level 3e or 4e play, where a single round might take that long. Also, it took me about 20 minutes to custom build my epic aboleth. In 3e, that would have been several hours. [/QUOTE]

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