What’s there left to accomplish in a campaign if there’s no sense of progression?

Setting a difficulty class or DC as a DM can prove tricky if you’ve never done it before.

This will give them a sense of progression, but ultimately isn’t too game-breaking.

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Increase Proficiency Bonus

Every four levels of progressionpast level 20, you canincrease your players' Proficiency Bonusby one.

This is typical of standard Proficiency Bonus progression in the 2024 Player’s Handbook.

This is on par with typical bardic inspiration die progression.

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You shoulduse this in lieu of granting an ability score, not in addition to.

However, this is the most surefire way to create an unbalanced campaign.

Be careful when homebrewing new class traits.

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See if they’d prefer non-level advacement or homebrewed leveling rules.

Marks of prestigeand other non-tangible rewards are always helpful for a sense of progression.

Alternatively, you could simplydole out more magic items for your party.

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Granting anArtifact magic itemis one way to give players a capstone ability that feels powerful.

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