From an RPG.net post about D&D

[thebitterguy]

On starting levels in D&D, the lowest I've ever seen it at is 3. Technically, one game started at level 1, but that was where everyone had the half-dragon template for free.

Oh, man, that sounds cool.

Comments

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

Kids these days. When I first started playing D&D, we started at first level, and we were happy about it! And if we made it to 3rd level, we celebrated and sacrificed a virgin (until we realised that we were killing off most of the players, so we switched over to sacrificing jocks.)

[uhlrik.livejournal.com]

Them was the days!

When D4s were stand-ins for caltrops and some people actually rolled 3D6 in order for stats.

[heron61.livejournal.com]

Hell yes, that's D&D that I'd definitely play.

[uhlrik.livejournal.com]

I'm not a DnDer anymore, but that might be an interesting premise. Back in the days of 2E, I ran one game that had a half-dragon PC (deep dragon), and there was a NPC half-red in another of my games.

[thebitterguy]

Oh, yeah. Sounds like a lot of fun.

[thothmeister.livejournal.com]

In my current campaign we began at lvl 1 (we're currently lvl 10-12). For our next campaign the GM is thinking of starting us at lvl 3, so we can multi-class if our character conceptions call for it.

[thebitterguy]

Sounds neat. Level 3 is a good level to start at.

My current game started at level 6, but that was because it was based around playing devil hunters, which is hard to do at 1st level.

[proemial.livejournal.com]

Level 0 in my current game. Woohoo!

[thebitterguy]

Yeah, we started a Spycraft game by using Call of Cthulhu d20 characters. Not terribly robust.

What system are you using? 3.5, or an earlier AD&D game?

[proemial.livejournal.com]

3.5. :)

[thebitterguy]

How are you setting up 0 level characters? What sort of game are you running with them?

[proemial.livejournal.com]

I don't really know yet. I'm playing, so I guess I can't really say 'in my game'. I honestly know very little about the setup. And it is 'near blind' on the states. We don't get our sheets, and will just have to extrapolate over time.

In the game I'm actually running, the characters are third.

[thebitterguy]

I don't really know yet. I'm playing, so I guess I can't really say 'in my game'. I honestly know very little about the setup. And it is 'near blind' on the states. We don't get our sheets, and will just have to extrapolate over time.

Ah, neat. Yeah, a 0 level game would have a strange set of challenges. I suppose there ain't much fighting going on in that game, then? Mostly RP & puzzles n' stuff?

[the-adzo.livejournal.com]

I remember when the Greyhawk manual came out for first edition and you would start as level 0 and earn skills and eventually chose your class. Hitting 1st level was an achievement!

[thebitterguy]

I remember seeing an adventure for the AD&D 0 level characters. Always struck me as a strange variation on the system.