Rambles: Milestones and Leveling Sucks.
Disclaimer: In this blog I do talk about milestones as they are typically used in the modern culture of play from 5e's context. The rule for milestones in the 5e DMG are different and brings up some interesting ideas, but this already got a bit long as a blog so maybe ill discuss this in the future! In this blog, when I'm talking about milestones Im talking about session based or story-based full level ups without XP. I am also discussing this entirely within my own play experience so this might not be the case for you. During my time running games I can't really think of a time I did not use milestones. Recently I started thinking about them again critically because I am designing my own game system to run my dream game, while also trying to be in line with the play culture from 5e for new player appeal. I was working on a write up of my dream system for advancement and when I got to the idea of milestones and realized that I didn't know if I even liked...