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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 9596190" data-attributes="member: 6677017">I think the simple fact that people tend to start at low level has more impact on the overall dynamic than it is given.If &quot;choose the starting level&quot; was given prominence in all DM guidance about starting new campaigns, and a reasonable number of official campaigns started above 9th level, high level play would become less rare.As it is, while both versions of the DMG mention the possibility of starting at higher level, it isn't given any prominence, and therefore falls into the category of all the other rules people don't know about because they haven't read te DMG.It should also be more prominently player facing. &quot;Ask your DM what level the campaign will start at&quot; should be part of the step by step character creation rules. Technically it is in both versions, but it isn't prominent and focuses more on the fact that the DM might tell you to make a higher level character that on player initiative to get this number.In my group, it is pretty standard to start at varying levels, and when we are gathered to discuss the campaign a player always asks what level we will start at.Usually we start at 1st-5th level if we intend a campaign to go long. Starting above that is generally done for one-shots or what I call &quot;theme adventures&quot; (where everyone makes a character based on a particular theme, and there is a single adventure intended to be completed in 15 sessions or less).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 9596190, member: 6677017"] I think the simple fact that people tend to start at low level has more impact on the overall dynamic than it is given. If "choose the starting level" was given prominence in all DM guidance about starting new campaigns, and a reasonable number of official campaigns started above 9th level, high level play would become less rare. As it is, while both versions of the DMG mention the possibility of starting at higher level, it isn't given any prominence, and therefore falls into the category of all the other rules people don't know about because they haven't read te DMG. It should also be more prominently player facing. "Ask your DM what level the campaign will start at" should be part of the step by step character creation rules. Technically it is in both versions, but it isn't prominent and focuses more on the fact that the DM might tell you to make a higher level character that on player initiative to get this number. In my group, it is pretty standard to start at varying levels, and when we are gathered to discuss the campaign a player always asks what level we will start at. Usually we start at 1st-5th level if we intend a campaign to go long. Starting above that is generally done for one-shots or what I call "theme adventures" (where everyone makes a character based on a particular theme, and there is a single adventure intended to be completed in 15 sessions or less). [/QUOTE]

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