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Message: <blockquote data-quote="howandwhy99" data-source="post: 2549907" data-attributes="member: 3192">If experience is only a marker not an award, why not play from 20th level down to 1st?  It's not as if you are penalizing players, only decreasing their character's power level, right?  Character levels are just a marker.Better yet, (and I've actually suggested this many times to no avail) why not simply play at the level your group prefers and stay there?  I prefer 1st level anyways.  Maybe the DM is penalizing me by requiring my character to level beyond 1st, hmmm?  All snarkiness aside, I believe if you remove required PLAYER learning and accomplishment, from the game, you are simply going through the motions.  One of the primary incentives is gone.EDIT: Imagination requires players to be creative.  They must create.  This means both being in an environment that encourages players to try new things and one where failure is a possibility.</blockquote>