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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pax" data-source="post: 970001" data-attributes="member: 6875">Actually, I daresay, an Arena campaign is where you see this, faster, more often, and with greater clarity.  Arena's PROMOTE powergaming and munchkinism, as it's part of the AIM of such a campaign.And huge crit ranges just aren't a problem in an Arena; it's far too easy for a high-level character to obtain SOME means of immunity to critical hits.For good ideas of what sorts of things end up being broken ... go to <a href="http://www.rpol.net;" target="_blank">www.rpol.net;</a> in the Arena category, look up "Exodus", and check the various rulings (neatly categorised by threads, even).  That covers the early Epic stuff, but games in the 17th-20th level range will see similar problems.And I also say, to the "no houserules for Living Campaigns" -- bull!  I've seen some of the rules for them; there ARE houserules for living campaigns, right in the players' guide for each one of them.  Minimal, perhaps, but there nonetheless.And those living-campaign-specific houserules should never be made CORE rules; I don't play in a Living Campaign ... wth should I have to buy rules designed to balance one of them?</blockquote>