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I think if you can do it successfully in other media, there is probably a way to do it successfully in TTRPGs.

One of the challenges is this varies greatly by group. High level PCs have the means to be extremely proactive if they choose, they...

Descent caps at at 13th level. It really isn't a high level adventure.

That’s amazing. So much of that makes me smile. The pro-union bit, the first stretch goal being extra money for the video creator, the...

Now that you asked I am realizing that everyone I play with either learned the game with my back in 1e or learned from me during 4e and...

I might back. I have been meaning to give running AW a try, and this seems like as good an excuse as any.

While I agree with most of your points, I am not sure this one is axiomatic. It can be true, of course, but it can also be true that...

Those are all good. Also just the idea that PCs of that power level, the first in an age, perhaps, attract the attention of long...

Some good ideas I think to address the imbalance between plausible demographics and sufficient high level threats would be things like…...

Suggestion #3: Hazardous Terrain Sometimes the biggest enemy is the environment itself. Make the environment drain resources. This can...

I love the superhero genre in RPGs, and I often use the tropes from there as the foundation on which to do "the PCs and their villains...

Oh, for sure. I'm working on the bones of a high-level game right now. The core assumption is that high-level characters are primarily...

Cite? To determine that you'd need to do a thorough study of everything published, categorising each and every item as either publicly...

The public play tests only check for audience approval. They have little to do with balancing. That's all their internal team and their...

This goes right back to the question of demographics you were responding to. What if the PCs and a few NPCs and powerful entitites are...