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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 5376184" data-attributes="member: 59082">That is, how often do you like to level up? Edition doesn't matter, nor does hours-per-session, but I will provide options for game frequency because I think it does matter. So the poll (and question) is two parts: How frequently do you play, and how often do you like to level up? What is the "sweet spot" that makes leveling up special and exciting, that keeps the players from becoming jaded but also gives a pleasing sense of development and growth?(This poll was inspired by Piratecat's assertion in his "15 years, 247 sessions" thread that they level up once every 12 sessions, which was a bit of a surprise and is certainly on the conservative end of the spectrum).I've only been a DM for the last couple years and haven't played a character regularly for half a decade or more, but my answer for both is the same. First of all, our sessions are scheduled for every other week although we probably miss or push back a session every 3-4 sessions, so we end up playing three times in two months or five times in six months, for a total of 18-20 sessions a year. We've been playing for about two years (the first of which was once a month) with about 30-33 sessions in our current campaign (I've lost track). The PCs are 10th level, which averages out to one level every three sessions; that is a tad faster than I would normally like, but this is partially due to the fact that for the first year we only played once a month so they leveled up every 2-3 sessions until we switched to every other week, when they level up every 3-5 sessions.So I would say my sweet spot is, in an every other week schedule, every 3-5 sessions, or about once every two months.What about you?</blockquote>

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