Put all your XP into magic items.
All of it.
When everyone else is level 20 you are still level one but you have so many fucking rings of +1 AC that you can just touch enemies and repel them into space through sheer protective force.
It’s worth noting that this isn’t how experience, leveling up, magic items, or armor class works
This is perhaps my favourite comment i’ve ever had on one of my posts.
I don’t have much to build on it with, but I want it as the tagline to my blog and also my life.