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<blockquote data-quote="GQuail" data-source="post: 3166878" data-attributes="member: 30709"><p>Why is it incorrect? Just because it's not about the actual case where you think the power levels are wrong, and it's thusly <em>totally different</em>? ;-) </p><p></p><p>But seriously: there are people who think the stats as provided do the job, and otehrs who think they aren't anywhere near as "epic" as they should be, and the proposition that the second book in the set should radically ratchet up the power level sounds like the worst thing that one could do. Change the word "demon lords" to "dragons", "Golems", "Arch-Devils", "Whatever The People Who Rule The CG Side Of The Great WHeel Are Called", - You can pick whatever example makes you feel better, but it comes down to the same thing. ONe book in a series lists a set of creatures at a power level, and the next book gives creatures who /should/ be comparable. </p><p></p><p>If specifically unique creatures, then the Forgotten Realms is full of high level characters who might fit the bill. Does Elminster need to be higher level than Drizz't? If one gets knocked down ten levels in the next edition of the campaign, does the other have to retain his "rightful" place when he gets printed afterwards? And should the sourcebooks come with suggested higher level stats for people who wish to play more potent games? </p><p></p><p>I loved the Fiendish Codex, but the demon lord stat blocks weren't a big deal for me. I would be a bit unhappy if I was told each Lord's pagecount went up by one to include a stat-block that was the same but higher level, so that both sides of the "should they be epic?" argument were satiated by the book, at the loss of any of the material in the planar guide. And I think the reasoning behind making them pre-epic but expandable to epic is valid enough for it to be the bigger stat blocks that get chucked. YMMV, and clearly does.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This language here seems a bit, um, melodramatic. This "startling flaw" doesn't bother me in the slightest, and in fact seems to be a conscious decision that differs from your interpretation rather than a "mistake" per se. But again, I'm not a big junkie of past edition canon (specifically, I know nothing of Planescape) so perhaps it's not bugging me as much for that reason. (If they ever do a Transformers RPG where Optimus Prime's power elvel is wrong, though, I'll be all over them. ;-)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, at the end of the day, they're guaranteed two sales from both you and me, so I guess they win. ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GQuail, post: 3166878, member: 30709"] Why is it incorrect? Just because it's not about the actual case where you think the power levels are wrong, and it's thusly [i]totally different[/i]? ;-) But seriously: there are people who think the stats as provided do the job, and otehrs who think they aren't anywhere near as "epic" as they should be, and the proposition that the second book in the set should radically ratchet up the power level sounds like the worst thing that one could do. Change the word "demon lords" to "dragons", "Golems", "Arch-Devils", "Whatever The People Who Rule The CG Side Of The Great WHeel Are Called", - You can pick whatever example makes you feel better, but it comes down to the same thing. ONe book in a series lists a set of creatures at a power level, and the next book gives creatures who /should/ be comparable. If specifically unique creatures, then the Forgotten Realms is full of high level characters who might fit the bill. Does Elminster need to be higher level than Drizz't? If one gets knocked down ten levels in the next edition of the campaign, does the other have to retain his "rightful" place when he gets printed afterwards? And should the sourcebooks come with suggested higher level stats for people who wish to play more potent games? I loved the Fiendish Codex, but the demon lord stat blocks weren't a big deal for me. I would be a bit unhappy if I was told each Lord's pagecount went up by one to include a stat-block that was the same but higher level, so that both sides of the "should they be epic?" argument were satiated by the book, at the loss of any of the material in the planar guide. And I think the reasoning behind making them pre-epic but expandable to epic is valid enough for it to be the bigger stat blocks that get chucked. YMMV, and clearly does. This language here seems a bit, um, melodramatic. This "startling flaw" doesn't bother me in the slightest, and in fact seems to be a conscious decision that differs from your interpretation rather than a "mistake" per se. But again, I'm not a big junkie of past edition canon (specifically, I know nothing of Planescape) so perhaps it's not bugging me as much for that reason. (If they ever do a Transformers RPG where Optimus Prime's power elvel is wrong, though, I'll be all over them. ;-) Well, at the end of the day, they're guaranteed two sales from both you and me, so I guess they win. ;-) [/QUOTE]
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