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<blockquote data-quote="T. Foster" data-source="post: 3670933" data-attributes="member: 16574">That said, I don't follow this guideline and never have. Typically the quick-advancement characters (clerics, thieves) will hit 2nd level after 3-4 sessions, everybody else will follow shortly thereafter so that by about 6 sessions pretty much everyone will be 2nd level and the clerics and thieves will be nearing 3rd, and so on. I can see the above guideline being used in a different style of campaign, though -- one with more frequent, shorter sessions (perhaps 2-3 sessions a week but each one only being ~2 hours) and with a higher mortality rate (note that it says it should take a group of players 6-12 sessions to hit 2nd level, not necessarily a group of characters -- by the 9th or 10th session some players may be on their 5th or 6th character (or more -- read some OD&amp;D or Classic D&amp;D Campaign Logs and you'll see some players going through 3 or 4 characters in a single session!)).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="T. Foster, post: 3670933, member: 16574"] That said, I don't follow this guideline and never have. Typically the quick-advancement characters (clerics, thieves) will hit 2nd level after 3-4 sessions, everybody else will follow shortly thereafter so that by about 6 sessions pretty much everyone will be 2nd level and the clerics and thieves will be nearing 3rd, and so on. I can see the above guideline being used in a different style of campaign, though -- one with more frequent, shorter sessions (perhaps 2-3 sessions a week but each one only being ~2 hours) and with a higher mortality rate (note that it says it should take a group of [i]players[/i] 6-12 sessions to hit 2nd level, not necessarily a group of [i]characters[/i] -- by the 9th or 10th session some players may be on their 5th or 6th character (or more -- read some OD&D or Classic D&D Campaign Logs and you'll see some players going through 3 or 4 characters in a single session!)). [/QUOTE]

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