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<blockquote data-quote="JamesDJarvis" data-source="post: 2223188" data-attributes="member: 2515">Level:The term &quot;Level&quot; has multiple meanings within and beyond the dungeon. To some the multple definitions can be rather confusing but it is relatively easy to regard the relative power of certainly disitinct &quot;things&quot; through the use of the term &quot;level&quot;.&nbsp; Commonly accepted usages of the term &quot;level&quot; are:1. Level as an indication of an adveturers power. Adventurers begin as mild mannered 1st level beings and develop beyond that.2. Level as an indication of the depth within the dungeon. The 1st level of the dungeon is the first most layer of the complex beneath the surface, the 2nd level of the dungeon is&nbsp; the secondlayer beneath the surface. The higher the number the deeper the dungeon.3. Level as a measure of magical spell dififculty and capacity. Spells are graded from reltively simple and slight in effect at 0 level to amazing difficulty and awesome effect at 9 th level.It should be noted in earlier ages within the dungeon it was sugested that the term for adventurer power should be expressed as &quot;rank&quot;, spell complexity and impact would be most cleverly be defined as &quot;power&quot;, monsters would have thier menace more clearly defiend in terms of relative &quot;order&quot; and dunegon depth woudl most sensibly be deifned as level.&nbsp; Seeing as most adventurers have relatively short attention spans (generally estimated as somewhat less then the time it takes to begin a sword blow and to stop and ask a dungeonmaster what the impact of that blow was)&nbsp; everyone settled on the use of the term &quot;level&quot; in all the various measures as it was the last one mentioned.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JamesDJarvis, post: 2223188, member: 2515"] Level: The term "Level" has multiple meanings within and beyond the dungeon. To some the multple definitions can be rather confusing but it is relatively easy to regard the relative power of certainly disitinct "things" through the use of the term "level". Commonly accepted usages of the term "level" are: 1. Level as an indication of an adveturers power. Adventurers begin as mild mannered 1st level beings and develop beyond that. 2. Level as an indication of the depth within the dungeon. The 1st level of the dungeon is the first most layer of the complex beneath the surface, the 2nd level of the dungeon is the secondlayer beneath the surface. The higher the number the deeper the dungeon. 3. Level as a measure of magical spell dififculty and capacity. Spells are graded from reltively simple and slight in effect at 0 level to amazing difficulty and awesome effect at 9 th level. It should be noted in earlier ages within the dungeon it was sugested that the term for adventurer power should be expressed as "rank", spell complexity and impact would be most cleverly be defined as "power", monsters would have thier menace more clearly defiend in terms of relative "order" and dunegon depth woudl most sensibly be deifned as level. Seeing as most adventurers have relatively short attention spans (generally estimated as somewhat less then the time it takes to begin a sword blow and to stop and ask a dungeonmaster what the impact of that blow was) everyone settled on the use of the term "level" in all the various measures as it was the last one mentioned. [/QUOTE]

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