High Level Breakdown: Real or Fiction?

High Level Breakdown: Real or Fiction? Episode 83 streamed live on April 12, 2022 The Outlands Professor DM says dumb stuff https://youtu.be/6aO_sSCOo9w Main Topic: High Level in Dungeons and Dragons (DnD) Why do most games end before the highest levels? https://www.thegamer.com/dungeons-dragons-player-level-campaign-statistics/ https://www.enworld.org/threads/90-of-d-d-games-stop-by-level-10-wizards-more-popular-at-higher-levels.666097/ -PC power levels too ridiculous? -GM unable to manage the abilities of the PCs or create challenges for them? -are the rules just broken? Just too much to keep track of -outside influences -too much effort Who plays to max levels? What makes high level “Hard” to play in DnD? Tiers of play through the Editions 5e: https://makeaskillcheck.com/5e-tiers-of-play/and http://dmsworkshop.com/2021/09/10/dnd-101-tiers-levels/ 4e: https://dnd4.fandom.com/wiki/Tier 3.x: RPG.net What about the EPIC Level handbook? 2e or lower: no tiers of play, but there were level titles Why does OSR seem to avoid it? A Nod to SuperHero Games: A Related Question (or two) What is the highest level/longest lasting campaign you ever played and enjoyed? Which is more important: long lasting or reaching the pinnacle of levels/powers? Shameless Plug Time: If you would like to support our show, please visit the many places you can find us on the inter-webs: Website: www.biggusgeekuspodcast.com click on support for ways help out! PayPal: paypal.me/biggusgeekus Streamlabs: https://streamlabs.com/biggusgeekus1/tip Twitter: @biggusgeekus Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/biggusgeekuspodcast MeWe: www.mewe.com/i/biggusgeekuspodcast (new!) Odysee: https://odysee.com/@biggusgeekus:3 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyVze8TfIB16j0PdmE4lOJg Email: [email protected] Discord: https://discord.gg/PxuFrfybb7 Gilded: https://www.guilded.gg/i/2OO39wj2 Share this show with your friends and let us know if there is another way that you listen or watch that we could support better. Please Subscribe, Like, share and rate us in all the places that you find us.