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<blockquote data-quote="Dungeonosophy" data-source="post: 5888748" data-attributes="member: 6688049">Earlier editions had various Tiers, even if the word &quot;tier&quot; wasn't used:&nbsp;Classic Edition:Basic (Levels 1-3)Expert (4-14) (9 = &quot;Name-Level&quot;)Companion (15-25)Master (26-36)Immortal (Immortal Levels 1-36; essentially Character Levels 37-72; with various Immortal tiers: Initiate, Temporal, Celestial, Empyreal, Eternal, Hierarch)Old One&nbsp;Second Edition:High-Level (21-40)Divine (Divine Ranks 0 to 20, with various Divine tiers: Quasi-Deity/Hero Deity, Demigod, Lesser Deity, Intermediate Deity, Greater Deity)Overdeity (DR 21+)&nbsp;Third Edition:Base/BasicPrestige (level varies)Epic (21-40)Divine (40-60)&nbsp;Fourth Edition:Heroic (1-10)Paragon (11-20) (This adjective was also used in CD&amp;D as one of the four Paths to Immortality, and was used in 3e in the sense of &quot;Racial Paragon&quot; classes)Epic (21-30)Divine (31-40)&nbsp;&nbsp;Other adjectives include:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">&quot;Master&quot;, &quot;High Master&quot;, and &quot;Grand Master&quot; (in 2e Skills &amp; Powers weapon mastery rules)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">&quot;Legendary&quot; for some 3e Epic-level monsters and feats</li>
</ul>For D&amp;D Next we have Basic Themes at 1st level and Advanced Themes at 6th level, revealing what appear to be two Tiers, even if the term &quot;tier&quot; is no longer used. This splits the 4e Heroic tier into Basic and Advanced.&nbsp;Fifth Edition:Basic (1-5)Advanced (6-10?)&nbsp;Might there be further 5e tiers?:&nbsp;Paragon (11-15)Master (16-20)Epic (21-25)Legendary (26-30)&nbsp;This splits the 4e Paragon tier into Paragon and Master, and the 4e Epic tier into Epic and Legendary.&nbsp;&nbsp;There'd be various tiers of feat selection:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Basic Themes at 1st level</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Advanced Themes at 6th level</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Paragon Themes at 11th level</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Master Themes at 16th level</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Epic Themes at 21st level</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Legendary Themes at 26th level</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Then distill the stats and re-do the character sheet for 30 more levels of Deity/Immortal-level play.</li>
</ul>From BECMI D&amp;D to BAPMELD D&amp;D?&nbsp;ENWorlders, how do you feel about this?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dungeonosophy, post: 5888748, member: 6688049"] Earlier editions had various Tiers, even if the word "tier" wasn't used: [B][I]Classic Edition:[/I][/B] Basic (Levels 1-3) Expert (4-14) (9 = "Name-Level") Companion (15-25) Master (26-36) Immortal (Immortal Levels 1-36; essentially Character Levels 37-72; with various Immortal tiers: Initiate, Temporal, Celestial, Empyreal, Eternal, Hierarch) Old One [B][I]Second Edition:[/I][/B] High-Level (21-40) Divine (Divine Ranks 0 to 20, with various Divine tiers: Quasi-Deity/Hero Deity, Demigod, Lesser Deity, Intermediate Deity, Greater Deity) Overdeity (DR 21+) [B][I]Third Edition:[/I][/B] Base/Basic Prestige (level varies) Epic (21-40) Divine (40-60) [I][B]Fourth Edition:[/B][/I] Heroic (1-10) Paragon (11-20) (This adjective was also used in CD&D as one of the four Paths to Immortality, and was used in 3e in the sense of "Racial Paragon" classes) Epic (21-30) Divine (31-40) Other adjectives include: [LIST] [*]"Master", "High Master", and "Grand Master" (in 2e Skills & Powers weapon mastery rules) [*]"Legendary" for some 3e Epic-level monsters and feats [/LIST]For D&D Next we have [I]Basic Themes[/I] at 1st level and [I]Advanced Themes[/I] at 6th level, revealing what appear to be two Tiers, even if the term "tier" is no longer used. This splits the 4e Heroic tier into Basic and Advanced. [B][I]Fifth Edition:[/I][/B] Basic (1-5) Advanced (6-10?) Might there be further 5e tiers?: [I]Paragon (11-15)[/I] [I]Master (16-20)[/I] [I]Epic (21-25)[/I] [I]Legendary (26-30)[/I] This splits the 4e Paragon tier into Paragon and Master, and the 4e Epic tier into Epic and Legendary. There'd be various tiers of feat selection: [LIST] [*][B]Basic Themes[/B] at 1st level [*][B]Advanced Themes[/B] at 6th level [*][B]Paragon Themes[/B] at 11th level [*][B]Master Themes[/B] at 16th level [*][B]Epic Themes[/B] at 21st level [*][B]Legendary Themes[/B] at 26th level [*]Then distill the stats and re-do the character sheet for 30 more levels of Deity/Immortal-level play. [/LIST]From BECMI D&D to [I]BAPMELD D&D[/I]? ENWorlders, how do you feel about this? [/QUOTE]

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