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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 3955966" data-attributes="member: 58197"><p>I suspect that the best way to understand the tier system is to go back to Classic D&D.</p><p></p><p>The Heroic tier corresponds to the Basic (red-box) and Expert (blue-box) sets. You're dungeon crawlers and wilderness explorers, doin' your own thing. You may save a town or two, but your activities basically boil down to "killing monsters and taking their stuff."</p><p></p><p>The Paragon tier corresponds to the Companion (cyan-box) set. At this point, you are no longer a mere hack-and-slash artist. You've entered into the ranks of the nobility and taken on a position of importance in your realm. You'll be leading armies, taking part in political intrigues, and dealing with threats to the kingdom. Your Paragon Path will reflect this broadening focus.</p><p></p><p>The Epic tier corresponds to the Master (black-box) set. Just as Paragon took you beyond mere dungeon-crawling, Epic takes you beyond the politics and petty wars of your time; you seek now to write your name in history. You take on grand quests, conquer nations, deal with gods and demons, and may very well be called upon to save the world.</p><p></p><p>In classic D&D, the ultimate accomplishment in the Master set was to achieve immortality--becoming literally a deity. Epic Destinies seem to be essentially that. You may not necessarily become a god, but you transcend mortality in one way or another, and retire permanently from the campaign. (At least until the 4E equivalent of the Immortals set comes out...)</p><p></p><p>All this is just educated guesswork, but I'll be quite surprised if it isn't somewhere close to the truth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 3955966, member: 58197"] I suspect that the best way to understand the tier system is to go back to Classic D&D. The Heroic tier corresponds to the Basic (red-box) and Expert (blue-box) sets. You're dungeon crawlers and wilderness explorers, doin' your own thing. You may save a town or two, but your activities basically boil down to "killing monsters and taking their stuff." The Paragon tier corresponds to the Companion (cyan-box) set. At this point, you are no longer a mere hack-and-slash artist. You've entered into the ranks of the nobility and taken on a position of importance in your realm. You'll be leading armies, taking part in political intrigues, and dealing with threats to the kingdom. Your Paragon Path will reflect this broadening focus. The Epic tier corresponds to the Master (black-box) set. Just as Paragon took you beyond mere dungeon-crawling, Epic takes you beyond the politics and petty wars of your time; you seek now to write your name in history. You take on grand quests, conquer nations, deal with gods and demons, and may very well be called upon to save the world. In classic D&D, the ultimate accomplishment in the Master set was to achieve immortality--becoming literally a deity. Epic Destinies seem to be essentially that. You may not necessarily become a god, but you transcend mortality in one way or another, and retire permanently from the campaign. (At least until the 4E equivalent of the Immortals set comes out...) All this is just educated guesswork, but I'll be quite surprised if it isn't somewhere close to the truth. [/QUOTE]
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