D&d party’s get more powerful, but they also start to care less as they go on. Example from my current campaign.
Last year, as lvl 1: Killing Bad guys, following the dms plan, trying to have an epic quest for power and glory.
my dm now, at a hole bunch of level eighteen players: no you cannot get arrested for the thirteenth time just to escape, kidnap the guard, and Tuen him into your human meat shield named clucky mccluckerface.











