What's the highest level of D&D you've played?
Also, when you answer be sure to specify if it was "legit" or not; "legit" in this case meaning that you got to that highest level starting as a Lv.1 character, rather than skipping ahead.
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Lv. 8., legit.
1st to 19th level Paladin, AD&D.
36th level in BECMI.
This was legit. (Albeit in a heavily munchkinized campaign.) I wish I had as much time to play D&D now as we did back in 5th and 6th grade.
Level 7/8 party, D&D 3.5, legit.
I've played higher levels in 4e, but not legit -- that was only because we skipped levels in order to run a playtest through the different tiers to see how the mechanics held up.
Does it count as legit if you are using those AD&D "gain 1 level" effects?
Otherwise: 12th level 3rd edition D&D legit. 22nd level 3rd edition D&D starting in the over-ten bracket.
-Frank
Quote from: CRKrueger;3882251st to 19th level Paladin, AD&D.
This. I also have high level Star Wars and Saga Characters. Never played a lot of 3e to be honest and only briefly brushed with 4e, though I think Saga shares quite a few 4e mechanics.
D&D 3.5e - Lvl 5 legit
Lvl. 23; legit; 3.5
I'm not sure. It's been so long. I can remember my more memorable characters--but not the highest level ones.
Orion Lawtrue (AD&D 1E Fighter) got to IIRC 22nd level. He wasn't the highest, but I recalled it fun and unique in that he had few magical items, his most notable one was a +3 Sword, who became known as Deathsinger, after his death, though it didn't have a name before. It is said the blade mourned a truly worthy owner. (Ok the latter is my embellishment when I retired the character..:D)
Absolute highest? I've no idea I suspect is was Talon, Mage/Ranger (dual classed) and eventually rose to demigod-dom after finding the Throne of Zeus (I think, maybe it was Olympus.) He became the scourge of magical items. The world had basically gone rampant with magic item abuse, and his one "special" thing was not magic items for the longest time It was his twisted black talon he had for a hand. Oh he eventually had magical leather armor, and daggers he threw which were glassteel (why because they looked cool.) Yet he disdained magic items except as absolutely necessary. The Throne was the last artifact being sought in a war between artifact wielding nations laden with mage factories churning out all sorts of stuff. (Hence why he became a Ranger, his disgust with the mages of the world.) The throne gave HIM last survivor of the PC's the godlike power, and it was as describe by the GM, the ability to destroy any magic item with his claw. (Big things he had to tear apart.) Mechanically speaking? I really don't know what level is he or what powers and spells or any of the crap. I just recall playing every summer vacation day I could at my friends for around three years.
I also had a good drow elf warrior wizard, with a crystal eye (and a symbol of death carved on it. Flip up eyepatch and bang. He was pretty high..AD&D1E (Unearthed Arcana) Didn't use damn scimitars, preferred the hand crossbows drow used back then primarily.
But really. I recall lesser mortal characters with cool stories more--the "un-played" Solitaire with his inhuman stats (so well rolled, and never really played. I resorted to using an old random adventure generator just to try him out. Nearly died too! But got a lucky roll on a magic potion that stopped the poison from killing him in that random chaos..)
The Mage-Cleric Smith (Arcanist from Dragon maybe?) who fought with a massive maul, who forged magic items to be wielded by the faithful, I wish I had the picture I drew. Buffest looking half-elf I ever drew..;D Loved the woman, fought with the men, rowdy for a mage-cleric.
I think I still have my Birthright PC, I rolled up but never played somewhere in my book of lamented PC's..
Oh yep, I have him and my really unloved Thalen of the Thorns--Level 1 Paladin, uses a spear, has the bare minimum stats (but one I think) to be a Paladin. Raised by monks in a monastery (classic monks, not AD&D monks, for 2E) He was found abandoned in a thorn patch, the monks raised him to follow the god they followed, and honor people, treat them with respect. They never understood his call to fight.
I think I make the most inefficient D&D characters ever *LOL*
Level 36 Fighter D&D BECMI, legit.
Level 20 Paladin AD&D 2e, legit.
Level 6/2 ranger/fighter, D&D 3.0, legit
1E, legit, 26th level Ranger Lord. I have his portrait on my office wall.
By the time he retired he was psionic, had the ability to shapechange into a rabbit at will, owned two artifacts, a Mark V Blaster, a space station, a cybernetic Pegasus, was married to a Sylph (had two sons) and had a werebear, winged panther and true dragon as followers. His magic item list was two pages long. Ah, the halcyon days of 1st edition... *sigh*
13 legit AD&D 2nd edition
8 legit D&D 3.5
5 legit D&D (the black box edition from the early ninties)
Quote from: Tetsubo;3882441E, legit, 26th level Ranger Lord. I have his portrait on my office wall.
By the time he retired he was psionic, had the ability to shapechange into a rabbit at will, owned two artifacts, a Mark V Blaster, a space station, a cybernetic Pegasus, was married to a Sylph (had two sons) and had a werebear, winged panther and true dragon as followers. His magic item list was two pages long. Ah, the halcyon days of 1st edition... *sigh*
Your games sound like our early ones as well..
Crazy strange genre crossing things.
I think one of my PC's had the weird gun from Expedition to the Barrier peaks, though I don't think he ever used it.
Rolemaster 2e 18th level Magician.
8th level (Fighter), AD&D 2e, legit.
13th level (Wizard), AD&D 2e, starting at 12th level, for a Dragon Mountain run.
Though we played a lot of AD&D 2e (and I usually ran D&D RC), extended campaigns were few and far between.
A 12th level cleric in the colored boxed sets of Dungeons and Dragons. The only D&D I've ever played actually.
Around level 20-22 of Bard, plus levels prior, with a few tomes etc. Legit.
In one game, I got up to a 20th level magic user in a semi-legit manner. Though in this particular case, the DM played things in a monty haul manner along with XP for treasure. This game was also played almost every day for a few months. (It was during the summer when school was out, and we had nothing else better to do at the time).
Without monty haul and no XP for treasure, the highest level character I got up to in a legit manner was a 10th level fighter.
31 MU, AD&D, legit, yet it was in the munchkin teenage years. The good old days, where we would play every spare hour we had.
B/E (moldvay) 9th level magic-user, legit.
after that i just reffed ad&d 1e, rarely played. did a lot of start at x level for the hell of it; i think the highest then was mid-teens, maybe 17 tops. so long ago. . . .
AD&D, 9th level, 2nd ed 11th level.
3.0/3.5, 7th level.
Outside of Dungeons and Dragons, made it to 8th level in Warhammer Quest (took a few weeks of dedicated play with friends), level 2 wizard in WFRP (1st ed), and with 4e, well, my top player is level 16.
AD&D2 I just can't remember off the bat. Might be Lucien, my Lycanthrope bard, which was 8th or 10th level.
In 3rd ed, it's Amalruth, which was a horned devil with levels of Unfettered (Arcana Evolved). I reached the equivalent of level 15 or so with that one.
Original D&D all the way to 2nd rank ( I forget the exact naming) Immortals from the box set.
Quote from: kryyst;388322Original D&D all the way to 2nd rank ( I forget the exact naming) Immortals from the box set.
You mean Mentzer D&D, I guess.
My group is currently playing 3.5 D&D and although its not really a game I enjoy our characters in 3.5 are level 8 legit (my character is a wizard).
2nd Edition D&D saw my only lvl18 Wizard.
By the end, he created a new race for the campaign world.
3.5 D&D, I think my highest was a lvl10 Paladin.
He's one of my least favorite characters, since his alignment seemed to be "Lawful Jerk", according to the DM's idea on Paladin's. :banghead:
Both legit.
1e AD&D = 14th level half-elf Thief
2e AD&D = 14th level (9/10) half-ef Cleric/Mage
1e/2e AD&D = 15th level human Myrikhan (started under 1e AD&D and converted to 2e AD&D when published).
9th level halfling barbarian (no, really), legit, 3.5 D&D
12th level half-orc fighter, legit, 4e D&D
Edit: Shit, now that I think about it, we started out at 2nd level with the halflings, so just the half-orc I guess.
I've DM'd 1st to 20th more than once in D&D3.5. (campaigns run about 8month to 15 months.. you can't do that too often).
My highest level played is 12th. My highest level 4E character is Sheena, who is 7th.
ad&d 13th level Dwarf Thief & 13th level Magic user (seperate campaigns).
3.5 13th level Cleric.
Huh, seems like 13th is a popular retirement level.
Playing I've only ever gotten to maybe 4 or 5... but I didn't play D&D much.
As DM I think we had people get up to around 8.
Highest played = 12th, legit, 3.0
Highest GMed = 26th, legit, a campaign that started in 3.0 and ended in 4.0
Highest level for me was 36, legit.
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