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I agree, it's not obvious how to incorporate it (unlike 4e). on top of that a lot of monsters do not meet the target CR, because the...

Possibly. But in speaking to Gary 25 years ago he noted that at the time he was ousted he was planning a book that reworked all the 'big...

Which is where verisimiltude gets thrown out the window. If they choose the path of stupidity to fight the PCs on their own instead of...

Vecna: Eve of Ruin. ...Acererak, Strahd, Demogorgon, Tiamat, ...Tasha, Fizban Yes, just keep using them on the covers, no one will...

That seems to boil down to the age-old argument where the people who never play high-level D&D (because to them its broken in some...

My point being they still are heavily used by the Marketing Department - which tells us these iconic villains are important draws.

Yes and other than the anomalous 66hp Lolth you weren't defeating any of them at level 10, So either you allow levelling above 10th (as...

The stats are not the issue, it's the verisimilitude of scaling and what lies inbetween each 'rung' on that ladder. In other words how...

I don't see it as impossible The part that makes the entire thing complex is not the high power stuff is all the low power stuff you...

The key is to keep it as simple as possible. Stop levelling at 20. After that are extremely simple Divine Ranks which will increase less...

I share this exact idea for how high level should play - not that I currently have any solutions myself. My table is 16th level - the...

I'm highlighting how many Adventure books use these iconic villains front and centre and that capping the game at level 10 effectively...

Tell that to the marketing department.

Grassrunner A wiry green figure darts into view—no larger than a halfling, yet impossibly swift. Long grass-colored limbs, oversized...