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<blockquote data-quote="Graf" data-source="post: 4507123" data-attributes="member: 3087"><p>Obviously a concern. </p><p>But it's something I think we'll grapple with really, no matter what.</p><p></p><p>It's just a question of "when we get there". </p><p></p><p>No matter what we will always arrive at a point where we have a 3rd level character and a 6th level character and a 9th level character hanging out in the tavern with LFG signs hanging from their necks (metaphorically of course).</p><p></p><p>[d]--[/d]</p><p></p><p>The differences between levels are not as big, imho, in 4e. A 4th level 3.x wizard was radically different than a 5th level 3x character.</p><p></p><p>4>5 or 6>7 are not going to be the headache (or 5>prc1) inducing nightmares that we'd see otherwise.</p><p></p><p>Since the system can accommodate level spreads (especially at lower levels) better than 3.x I think we can just hang out for a while and see what happens.</p><p></p><p>I -doubt- you'll see someone unilaterally elevating themselves several levels up. The most likely side effect is not having any games to play in.</p><p></p><p>Is it -possible- that all the DMs will, in a year or two, do a level hop and try to get a new game going at 3rd level?</p><p></p><p>But it's far enough away that I don't see it happening. Mostly I expect to see people either </p><p>1 using their xp to nudge themselves up a level if they're under the limit, or </p><p>2 banking it to give themselves some flexibility (like if there's a great 4th level game starting and they have a 6th and a 2nd level character they can bump the 2 up...).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Graf, post: 4507123, member: 3087"] Obviously a concern. But it's something I think we'll grapple with really, no matter what. It's just a question of "when we get there". No matter what we will always arrive at a point where we have a 3rd level character and a 6th level character and a 9th level character hanging out in the tavern with LFG signs hanging from their necks (metaphorically of course). [d]--[/d] The differences between levels are not as big, imho, in 4e. A 4th level 3.x wizard was radically different than a 5th level 3x character. 4>5 or 6>7 are not going to be the headache (or 5>prc1) inducing nightmares that we'd see otherwise. Since the system can accommodate level spreads (especially at lower levels) better than 3.x I think we can just hang out for a while and see what happens. I -doubt- you'll see someone unilaterally elevating themselves several levels up. The most likely side effect is not having any games to play in. Is it -possible- that all the DMs will, in a year or two, do a level hop and try to get a new game going at 3rd level? But it's far enough away that I don't see it happening. Mostly I expect to see people either 1 using their xp to nudge themselves up a level if they're under the limit, or 2 banking it to give themselves some flexibility (like if there's a great 4th level game starting and they have a 6th and a 2nd level character they can bump the 2 up...). [/QUOTE]
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