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There is no automatic levelling of the tsunami in 4e, it depends on the situation. If the tsunami is supposed to present a challenge to the PCs it may be posed in those terms within the game, or framed as an appropriate skill challenge. But the presence or absence of the PCs in and of itself...

To me, epic characters aren't challenged by normal buildings burning with normal fire, or if you prefer, "low level "buildings and low level fire. This doesn't mean normal buildings and normal fire don't exist for high level PCs, it just means that those challenges are not appropriate for those...

I think there is an awful lot of room between a straightforward epic hack and slash game and a total paradigm shift at epic. Plenty of room for various shades of nuance, depending on referee and player preferences. The 4e epic advice says that epic PCs can aspire to kill a demon prince or god...

While using entirely different rules for different tiers of D&D is a valid approach, I don't think it's required by any means. I find the slow accretion of rules systems relevant to the current campaign activities ( if needed) works better for my purposes. Campaign transformations risk losing...

For me epic play often implies a long campaign. At it's best this allows more in-depth treatment of the themes in the campaign, and the longer timespan can permit some variety within the campaign overall, analogous but different to the differences between short stories and novels ( and perhaps...

While epic play can mean switching from killing monsters for their stuff to killing demon lords, archdevils and godlings for their stuff, and that's fine, that's not the primary draw for me. For me a larger backdrop requires a larger emotional investment into the setting. It's easier to...

I prefer to play and run at mid to high level, including epic level. Pros of epic level play for me The PCs can and should change the world The PCs are too powerful to ignore, and find it more practical to interact with the high and mighty By implication, the game has gone on for some time and...

Interesting that you jump to the conclusion that a "no" is automatically a rebuke. Thing is , I want to have a game multiverse where both bad stuff happens to everyone and interventionist gods exists, some of which aren't asshats. So there need to be limitations on the gods that mean bad stuff...

I answered "other" because my answer depends on a huge variety of factors. Partially, I have a disconnect with the scenario, because we had houserules to establish a buffer between 0 hp and death in AD&D and everyone was allowed to stabilise the dying, otherwise the death rate would have been...

Is the issue any PvP or incidental PvP? Very few RPGs, if any, can cope with accidental or incidental PvP, which is harder to cope with than pre--declared PvP. I feel it needs to be known beforehand to all players if PvP is acceptable or expected, and what the limits are. It makes a great...

I answered other. My response would vary a lot depending on multifarious factors, including the preferences of the player concerned. Any description needs to be phrased to obtain acceptance on all sides - It becomes obvious when the DM disbelieves and/or resents the descriptions they are...

I first attempted to run D&D in 1981, from the Basic D&D Red Box, dragooning my sister as a player. (It didn't go so well). Still, I bought AD&D, and continued to read the books despite the lack of games around. I found it difficult to talk to people, and couldn't find any other players...

Interesting. Since I live in Ireland, the playstyle here evolved directly from the rulebooks, without reference to unspoken elements of the intended playstyle. Therefore, my early experiences of 1e gravitated away from "mercenary band" to "small adventuring party of equals" from the very start...

Though I found the spell disruption rules as written, used adversarialy by the DM, could make wizards all but unplayable. Given fighters didn't have a defender mechanic, outside of a bottleneck defense, there was no way within the rules for melee PCs to pin down enemies and actually defend the...

Both 9th level characters massively outclass the 1st level pc, as they should. But the AD&D MU has more potential access to one-shot-wins than the 4e wizard, and longer lasting spells to boot. One AD&D Charm Person will probably render the fighter into a useful friend for weeks. a 9th level...

I think superpowered wizards like Mordenkainen, Elminster and Raistlin provided aspirational figures for spellcasters that other classes lacked. D&D had ubernpcs long before White Wolf. Named spells are the most common in-game branding in D&D. Also for a long time it's been easier to make...

4e is my favourite D&D edition by far, I love how transparent and easy to run it is. It has flaws, like everything, but the flaws also tend to be transparent, not obscured. I'm on my third 4e campaign, at 17th level now and planning to keep running it while my players are interested. From the...

In 3e- my favourite class was cleric at low to mid levels, or wizard at mid to high levels. Elven Fighter/MUs were fun as well if unaffected by level limits. 4e is my favourite edition, but I'm generally DMing and the only PC I have played was a fighter, which was great fun. There's loads of...

Continuing to run my 4e Neverwinter campaign, which is at 17th level now. I'm considering trying out 13th Age as well. My D&D Next playtest didn't go down well with my group, and while I'll look at the books when they are out I'm unlikely to run it any time soon.

RPGs have been around for 4 decades or so. some players have a lot of experience of playing the game, and often running it themselves. Older people often have less free time, a better idea of what they want from the game, and what directions they want to take their characters. I find messing...