D&D 5E Monster Manual and Players Hand Book Power Levels

[sgtscott658]

No need for the snark, if you find 5E to be awesome and enjoy low magic more power to ya. I just like something a bit less bland and alot more crunchiness.

I would take you seriously if you had actually played much epic level 5e. But you haven't.

 

[SilverfireSage]

No need for the snark, if you find 5E to be awesome and enjoy low magic more power to ya. I just like something a bit less bland and alot more crunchiness.

If the adventure is bland, no amount of crunch will save it. Likewise, if an adventure is good, the numbers shouldn't matter at all.

 

[TRD23]

For that EPIC feel OP just add a zero to everything. So instead of a +2 sword and AC 29 it's now a mega +20 sword and oh man AC 290.

EPIC!!!!!

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

For that EPIC feel OP just add a zero to everything. So instead of a +2 sword and AC 29 it's now a mega +20 sword and oh man AC 290.

EPIC!!!!!

The exclamation marks really sell the idea.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

No need for the snark, if you find 5E to be awesome and enjoy low magic more power to ya. I just like something a bit less bland and alot more crunchiness.

This is not low magic. The numbers are just lower. You should try the game before making comments like this.

 

[TRD23]

The exclamation marks really sell the idea.

Fair call, maybe make them +20!!! swords?

 

[Parmandur]

Isn't that just RoleMaster at that point?

 

[RedShirtNo5.1]

Fair call, maybe make them +20!!! swords?

This sounds like a job for RIFTS Mega Damage

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

Fair call, maybe make them +20!!! swords?

I've just had a vision about a new "Book of Über Epicness!!!!!" covering levels 21-1000, with +20!!! Swords of Awesomeness and hordes of Loldragons.

 

[Blackwarder]

True as the DM it is my prerogative to scale things up or down. My main problem is 5E lacks that epic feel that 3.x had. Dont get me wrong, I think 5E is ok but I dont think it is the cats meow of all the D&D systems. Well at least it is not as horrible as 4E was so I can tolerate and deal with 5E more or less, just not grokking that epic feel with how the monsters are represented thus far.

Don't do it, it's a mind numbing exercise and it will alienate your players, one of the selling points of 5e is the fact that you don't need an excel sheet to run your character in high levels.

In the end, big numbers are an illusion, and they are actually bad fo the game as it is written, you are better off getting back to 3.5, at least that way you will have consistency.

Warder