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Post by geoffrey on Nov 23, 2020 16:24:58 GMT -6
According to page 16 of Men & Magic:
It takes a fighting-man 240,000 xp to attain 9th level.
It takes a magic-user 300,000 xp to attain 11th level.
It takes a cleric 100,000 xp to attain 8th level.
How many xp does it take for those classes to attain higher levels than those mentioned?
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Post by Zenopus on Nov 23, 2020 17:30:57 GMT -6
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Post by geoffrey on Nov 23, 2020 21:08:37 GMT -6
Thank you very much for the authoritative answer!  |
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Post by gemini476 on Dec 10, 2020 18:21:09 GMT -6
For what it's worth, this also mostly carried over to AD&D with the major exception that they added another level to Cleric (High Priest) to bring the XP/level up to 200,000. Presumably someone did the math and did a double-take.
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Post by Finarvyn on Dec 10, 2020 20:41:33 GMT -6
I know that some Arduin campaigns were supposed to go up to level 50 (or higher) and I've often thought it would be fun to extrapolate the OD&D class tables up to level 50 or 100 or something absurd, just to see what they would look like. I'm not sure what would be the purpose of such an activity, as I doubt I would ever make use of it. Doesn't stop me from thinking about it.  |
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Post by tacojohn4547 on Dec 14, 2020 16:27:06 GMT -6
I know that some Arduin campaigns were supposed to go up to level 50 (or higher) and I've often thought it would be fun to extrapolate the OD&D class tables up to level 50 or 100 or something absurd, just to see what they would look like. I'm not sure what would be the purpose of such an activity, as I doubt I would ever make use of it. Doesn't stop me from thinking about it. I was looking at the Warlock XP tables (again), this past weekend. The current iteration of the Warlock rules go up to and include level 30. |
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Post by cometaryorbit on Dec 22, 2020 22:53:04 GMT -6
I know that some Arduin campaigns were supposed to go up to level 50 (or higher) Is that what the comment in the Foreword to Supplement IV about "the absurdity of 40+ level characters" is referring to? |
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Post by Finarvyn on Dec 23, 2020 15:12:26 GMT -6
I know that some Arduin campaigns were supposed to go up to level 50 (or higher) Is that what the comment in the Foreword to Supplement IV about "the absurdity of 40+ level characters" is referring to? Maybe. Also, in reading Jon Peterson's new book (The Elusive Shift) I encountered a story about some player in 1975 boasting about a 250th level Wizard a year or less after OD&D came out. Apparently, some groups advanced faster than others. |
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Post by cometaryorbit on Dec 23, 2020 22:52:50 GMT -6
250th? Wow, that's pretty crazy.
The rules on XP awards in the LBBs aren't terribly clear, I wonder if that involved some sort of misunderstanding -- or if it was just a matter of a lot of 1 million gp value gems, etc.
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Post by bobjester0e on Feb 4, 2021 11:28:37 GMT -6
I remember reading in the mid-range issues of The Dragon (between issues 60 and 120, iirc) about some absurd 250th level wizard named Waldo.
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Post by tombowings on Feb 4, 2021 12:27:16 GMT -6
I remember reading in the mid-range issues of The Dragon (between issues 60 and 120, iirc) about some absurd 250th level wizard named Waldo. That must be why he's so difficult to find.  |
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