Leveling Up For Fewer Players

 

I picked up this guide from DM's Guild recently. Since COVID-19, I've scoured the site for materials for Solo play. I haven't implemented many of the systems, nor really done that much Solo play as a result.

But I plan to. If nothing else, to playtest materials for my Adult D&D program at the Library or for running at Cons.

Sometimes it's about just that one thing that you can steal to adapt and use elsewhere in your gaming. I'm not sure about most of the content presented in this guide. But there is one thing I'm stealing from it. A conversion guide for scaling levels for fewer players. Pure Gold!

I have created a Google Sheet for it. However, I will present it here in (a less eye-friendly) text version:

4+ Players: L1; Two Players: L3; Solo: L4
4+ Players: L2; Two Players: L4; Solo: L6-7
4+ Players: L3; Two Players: L5; Solo: L8-9
4+ Players: L4; Two Players: L6; Solo: L11
4+ Players: L5; Two Players: L7; Solo: L14-15
4+ Players: L6; Two Players: L10; Solo: L16
4+ Players: L7; Two Players: L11; Solo: L18
4+ Players: L8; Two Players: L13; Solo: L20
4+ Players: L9; Two Players: L15; Solo: not applicable
4+ Players: L10; Two Players: L18; Solo: not applicable
4+ Players: L11; Two Players: L20; Solo: not applicable

The table ends here, as from this point forward, there is no real mechanism for scaling levels beyond L20. IMHO, a very useful tool indeed! Enjoy! --LM