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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8310306" data-attributes="member: 6779196">I think their methodology&nbsp; seems pretty sound from what we know of it.That doesn’t follow. The books were written first, based on feedback from a subset of the player base at the time, which largely showed that the majority didn’t expect to use the full 1-20 spread often, but wanted the option anyway - a good reason to include them in the books! Then the player base expanded significantly, to the point where the subset who gave feedback on the original playtest is no longer representative. Given that players who actually used the full 1-20 spread were already in the minority during the playtest, it is not at all unexpected that after massive expansion, that minority would shrink even further. Might that be a good reason not to include those higher levels in a hypothetical 6th edition? Possibly, although as the 5e playtest feedback shows, there are factors that go into including or excluding features beyond just how much they’re used. It is entirely possible that the majority of the player base would still want the option to play to 20th level, even though only a tiny minority would take advantage of that option.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 8310306, member: 6779196"] I think their methodology seems pretty sound from what we know of it. That doesn’t follow. The books were written first, based on feedback from a subset of the player base at the time, which largely showed that the majority didn’t expect to use the full 1-20 spread often, but wanted the option anyway - a good reason to include them in the books! Then the player base expanded significantly, to the point where the subset who gave feedback on the original playtest is no longer representative. Given that players who actually used the full 1-20 spread were already in the minority during the playtest, it is not at all unexpected that after massive expansion, that minority would shrink even further. Might that be a good reason not to include those higher levels in a hypothetical 6th edition? Possibly, although as the 5e playtest feedback shows, there are factors that go into including or excluding features beyond just how much they’re used. It is entirely possible that the majority of the player base would still want the option to play to 20th level, even though only a tiny minority would take advantage of that option. [/QUOTE]

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