Limitless leveling

[oldkat]

There is no theoretical limit to how high a character may progress, i.e. 20th level Lord, 20th level Wizard, etc.

--p.18 (M&M)

The process of determining HP,HD and spells is described, but not how much XP is required above the tables given. One could, I assume, simply adopt the figures given in the AD&D (1E) Players Handbook--but why would one?

So, working from the tables provided, how much XP would you determine is required for your 3 players to advance their Fighting Man/Lord, Magic-user/Wizard, and Cleric/High-Priest, to 20th level each?

[mindcontrolsquid]

I was under the impression that increased levels would require additional XP per level equal to the amount needed to reach name level (9th-level for fighting-men, 11th-level for magic-users, and 8th-level for clerics). So 240,000 xp per level for a fighting-man, 300,000 xp per level for a magic-user, and 100,000 xp per level for a cleric. Using these figures, it would require:

-2,640,000 xp beyond name level for a fighting man (2,880,000 xp total)
-2,700,000 xp beyond name level for a magic-user (3,000,000 xp total)
-1,200,000 xp beyond name level for a cleric (1,300,000 xp total)

Although at that point I'd probably just tell them to retire and roll up a new guy. That's just me, though.

[Zenopus]

See this thread from last year: odd74.proboards.com/thread/10828/experience-required-continued-advancement

Particularly the post by Gronan:

I'll tell you how Gary actually played it; after name level, each additional level was the cost of originally getting to name level.

a 9th level Patriarch needed 100,000 XP to get from 8th to 9th level, and an additional 100,00 if they wanted to go from 9th to 10th, etc.

A 10th level Lord needed 240,000 XP to get from 9th to 10th level, and an additional 240,000 XP per level.

An 11th level Wizard needed 300,000 XP to get from 11th to 12th level, then an additional 300,000 XP per level.

Combine this with XP from gold, and dividing the monster level by your level... that is, a 9th level Lord killing some trolls would get only 2/3 XP per gold piece (troll level/lord level, 6/9, 2/3) ... and you see that advancement, though not technically capped, effectively grinds to a halt. You start to need millions of gold to level up.

This matches what mindcontrolsquid posted above.

The tables for Thieves described in Greyhawk and the first two Strategic Review classes (Rangers and Illusionists) also match this pattern of requiring name level XP for each level afterwards.