Level (role play)

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In many role-playing games , the level ( English [experience] level ) is a numerical value that summarizes the strength and progress of the development of a player character . More precisely, one speaks of experience level or character level . The concept of stages was introduced by early pen and paper role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons .

This term is synonymous in computer role-playing games . As levels while the rise of the character is generally (i.e. the progression of development of the toy figure), respectively. In particular, the term can also be understood as a game strategy which aims to reach a high character level as quickly as possible.

concept

In a role-playing game with a level system, the character collects experience points for successful adventures, actions and battles . If they reach a certain threshold, the character rises one level ( level up ). The player can then improve certain values ​​of the character, and in some cases completely new skills or spells can be learned. So the initially weak protagonist develops further during the game and can take on increasingly strong opponents and more difficult tasks. Many games have a maximum level that can only be reached after a long time and that the character cannot exceed ( level cap ).

In addition to the player characters, non-player characters , opponents and monsters are often assigned levels in order to be able to select them according to the level of difficulty. Items and spells can also have levels, which mostly represent the level a character must reach in order to use them.

Alternative approaches

Alternatives to tier systems are dynamic systems in which every skill is improved directly through application, instead of increasing a general experience account through all actions and then increasing the skills at will. Semi-dynamic systems combine both approaches. B. not with fixed level increases, but can be increased at any time by using the collected experience points.

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  1. ↑ Duden - Volume 5: The foreign dictionary . 7th, revised and expanded edition, Duden, Mannheim, Leipzig, Vienna, Zurich 2001, p. 574, ISBN 3-411-04057-2

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