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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 3405434" data-attributes="member: 704">My own guessesThere are a few reasons that come to mind.- Dms like to start out at low levels, if for no other reason then to grow the game with the players.  But by the time they hit level 13, the campaign often goes toast due to players flaking out.- Boredom.  People get the urge to try some other game or campaign.- Frustrating due to tracking so many different modifiers and magical effects. (#1)- Work load.  It is easier for a Dm to put together a low level adventure.  As power levels escalate, the work load gets tougher. (#2)#1:  The one big problem with the current game is that because everything is tied in together, it is easy to create a spell that is +X to some stat or roll.  Many effects stack.  Some effects do not apply in all cases.  This is where the number crunch frustration sets it.  Consider this.Lvl 1 Fighter:  Attack roll = Bab + Str + Wpn Focus.Lvl 4 Fighter:  Attack roll = Bab + Str + Str Buff + Bless spell + Wpn Focus - Power attack.Lvl 10 Fighter:  Attack roll = Bab + Str + Wpn Bonus + Wpn Focus + Str Buff + Bless - Power Attack - Iterative Attack - Enervation spell + Potion of Heroism;At higher levels, you get too many modifiers affecting the same thing.  It gets worse when some bonuses do not apply but others do not.  This is why so many Dm's complain about running high level games.  It is very easy to lose track of so many persistent effects.  The only way around this problem is to cut back on items and spells that are flat bonuses to spells.#2:  The work load effect happens because many Dm's prefer to home brew their campaigns.  Dm's who like their story lines will throw alot of custom NPC's at the party.  Generating high level NPCs takes time.  You have to account for things like their magical gear, their Feats, their skill points, which stats they bumped at levels 4, 8, 12, etc.  If you multi-class, you have to apply the skill points correctly (a Fighter / Wizard cannot put fighter skills into Spell craft except as a cross class skill).  If you increase your Int bonus, you have to decide how that affects skill aquisition.  And you have to list all the class abilities for your NPC's, and finally any templates you wish to apply.There are two ways around this problem.  One is to use monsters exclusively for combat, which allows you to just use a statblock.  Another is to stick to published modules.  Neither of which really allows for much in the way of customization of the storyline.I myself have never Dm'ed for players higher then 6th level, but that is usually due to <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> luck with respect to being able to maintain a campaign.  I do hope to hit level 13 and beyond.  But I intend to do so using published modules.  I just do not have the time to create a balanced campaign otherwise.END COMMUNICATION</blockquote>

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