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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ExploderWizard" data-source="post: 4528659" data-attributes="member: 66434">I see the connection as a purely "tiers of play" analogy but the feel is entirely different. In the Mentzer Companion set the challenges got tougher but also broadened in scope. There was land to claim, a dominion to set up, and political intrigue and open warfare were as much a part of the experience as facing tougher bad guys was. The masters set was more of the same, but the political stakes were larger and the consequences of success and failure more far reaching. D&D 4E pretty much keeps raising the stakes on the outcome of challenges but only from the personal conflicts of the PC's and thier foes. The PC's get tougher and so do the bad guys. The numbers get bigger but everything else stays the same.</blockquote>