I haven't watched all their various campaigns and adventures, but High Rollers streams live and I haven't yet seen or heard of them having a character death at low levels (though it's possible there's something I'm forgetting). As a player who has played many adventures at low levels, I have never had a character die, though there have been several close instances and a couple of my friends were a lot less lucky than me.
In other words; Low levels aren't lethal. I do get your point that they can be more deadly when compared to other levels, but the difference isn't actually that much. In my experience at least, low levels are just a bit more unpredictable in terms of survivability than high levels are. However, as I said earlier, every level has problems. The lower levels of D&D are no exception to this rule, but they have great benefits that makes playing them rewarding too. So you play however you want at your table, and skip these levels if you think it would be most beneficial. However, my table and I will continue to start at these levels and watch as their character starts out as an unimportant adventurer but turns into the greatest hero's of the realm.
Btw, I genuinely find it impressive that you are able to state your opinion so civilly and respectfully. It really does mean a lot.
I believe there is a misunderstanding. That's exactly what Wild Card means. And Wild Card doesn't mean PC. NPCs can be Wild Cards too. All the fellowship members are definitely Wild Cards and not Extras in my opinion.
The point is that I don't think Bilbo or Frodo were ever lvl 1 DnD characters and that the DnD system works poorly to depict the characters of lotr or the hobbit. I brought up Savage, because in that system even the poor lvl 1 average people are still special if they are central characters - like in lotr and the hobbit.
In dnd you become special when you can do special things. It's not default, is my point. 😄 In lotr they are all special, even Merry and Pip who should in reality get torn to pieces by the first fierce orc. But they don't get torn to pieces, because they are Wild Cards and orcs are just extras.
I'm very much familiar with Tolkien's work. This misunderstanding is probably more due to me poorly explaining the WC/extra thing from Savage.
We are getting off topic here. If you mean by 'Wild Card,' 'free agent,' isn't that the definition of PC? And how does that relate to power level?
Yeah, we are going severely off track, so we should stop. 😄
But I'll clarify this one question: What I mean by Wild Card is what being a Wild Card means in the Savage Worlds RPG system. It's a game mechanic that I explained in the post you replied to originally.
It has nothing to do with DnD 5e. I just made a comparison to point out how drastically different adaptations of novice characters exist and that LOTR and DnD don't mix very well. The power levels and magic levels for one are very different. There are far better systems for lotr games.
(Edit. Removed a part where I was going severely off the tracks again.😅)
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I haven't watched all their various campaigns and adventures, but High Rollers streams live and I haven't yet seen or heard of them having a character death at low levels (though it's possible there's something I'm forgetting). As a player who has played many adventures at low levels, I have never had a character die, though there have been several close instances and a couple of my friends were a lot less lucky than me.
In other words; Low levels aren't lethal. I do get your point that they can be more deadly when compared to other levels, but the difference isn't actually that much. In my experience at least, low levels are just a bit more unpredictable in terms of survivability than high levels are. However, as I said earlier, every level has problems. The lower levels of D&D are no exception to this rule, but they have great benefits that makes playing them rewarding too. So you play however you want at your table, and skip these levels if you think it would be most beneficial. However, my table and I will continue to start at these levels and watch as their character starts out as an unimportant adventurer but turns into the greatest hero's of the realm.
Btw, I genuinely find it impressive that you are able to state your opinion so civilly and respectfully. It really does mean a lot.
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HERE.Yeah, we are going severely off track, so we should stop. 😄
But I'll clarify this one question: What I mean by Wild Card is what being a Wild Card means in the Savage Worlds RPG system. It's a game mechanic that I explained in the post you replied to originally.
It has nothing to do with DnD 5e. I just made a comparison to point out how drastically different adaptations of novice characters exist and that LOTR and DnD don't mix very well. The power levels and magic levels for one are very different. There are far better systems for lotr games.
(Edit. Removed a part where I was going severely off the tracks again.😅)
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