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<blockquote data-quote="mmu1" data-source="post: 3671659" data-attributes="member: 319">I don't like 1st level for some of the same reasons already mentioned - been there, done that, a lot of adventures can feel contrived because there are tons of more experienced characters out there, you run out of resources very quickly, and so on.However, what I really hate the is the fact that many character archetypes just don't work at 1st level without a lot of hand-waving. Sometimes I'd like to be able to play a 60 year old wizard, or a fighter who's a veteran of a couple of wars, or a rogue getting pulled out retirement for &quot;one last job&quot;, and so on. Trying to shoehorn one of those (fairly simple) concept into Level 1 mechanics always feels like a variation on &quot;Ok, you're really experienced, but you've been sick. Very sick. In fact, you got buried under a landslide, and only your magical equipment saved your life, but it got destroyed in the process. So you've forgotten most of your abilities and will have to re-learn them as you get better. Yeah.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mmu1, post: 3671659, member: 319"] I don't like 1st level for some of the same reasons already mentioned - been there, done that, a lot of adventures can feel contrived because there are tons of more experienced characters out there, you run out of resources very quickly, and so on. However, what I really hate the is the fact that many character archetypes just don't work at 1st level without a lot of hand-waving. Sometimes I'd like to be able to play a 60 year old wizard, or a fighter who's a veteran of a couple of wars, or a rogue getting pulled out retirement for "one last job", and so on. Trying to shoehorn one of those (fairly simple) concept into Level 1 mechanics always feels like a variation on "Ok, you're really experienced, but you've been sick. Very sick. In fact, you got buried under a landslide, and only your magical equipment saved your life, but it got destroyed in the process. So you've forgotten most of your abilities and will have to re-learn them as you get better. Yeah." [/QUOTE]

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