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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 5376263" data-attributes="member: 4348">For me it really DOES depend on the system and the game.  Some set the stage more then others, and some do't really make sense to actually "level up" in the same sense.For D20, it has that faster paced, and actually out lines how fast to level.  You'll level  around every 10-16 encounters.  That could be once every session or once every 2 or 3 sessions (depending on session length).In AD&D, 1e and 2e, along with C&C there have been campaigns we didn't level once and that was fine.  You have other reasons for roleplaying other than leveling up.  You are there to play a game.  It's typically a different mindset than what newer RPG's push.  I've also played AD&D games where you level up once or twice in a LOOOOONG session, and are faster in leveling then 3e.With 4e it's odd, and changes.  For the first few levels, sometimes it's a level every one or two sessions.  Then it starts to slow down to the point of only levelling up once every 4 or 5.  I have even been in one where the leveling was only every 4 or 5 sessions.  I suppose if you played it a certain way you could go a dozen or more sessions without levelling if the emphasis was more roleplaying with very little combat.In Warhammer you level quite often, but  it's not the same thing.  Normally you get to gain a skill or stat every single session.  You are improving, but nothing like the levels of AD&D or D&D.In the fighting fantasy RPG (original, not AFF) we never level at all.  There's no real leveling in the game.  However you might get lucky and sometime increase a score via some game effect, OR your main increase is finding some nifty magic items.In truth it really depends.  Older guys who LIKE the originals may never level or level in what many would call extreme creep.  I've played a C&C campaign where it takes a year between levels...some years have had 50+ sessions, others only 20 since it's via long distance sometimes.  On the otherhand, with many newer players, and some old who didn't like the slow advancement or were more used to faster advancement (as I said AD&D and that style could go anywhere from long levelling times to very short) if you don't level normally in 4 or 5 sessions, preferably 3 or less, and a maximum of 10...they start having disgruntled player syndrome.Not the answer you probably were looking for, but in many ways it depends on players, game system, and what they are used to.</blockquote>

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