I was playing both a bard and a paladin my first campaign! Literal banger!

Test apparatus from Oxford article:

Resulting hexagons observed:

This is on my phone hope the text is readable.

Due to the absence of gear treadmill… It makes it super easy to get back into. Unless I misunderstood your comment. But I just came back after no following SotO and VoE and I am pumped! Playing the whole story since the very start :)

Oh and with such easy access to legendary gear the gear treadmill is even flatter. Come to us, we welcome you!