Badwe
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In a few months time I have cooked up special encounters for my PCs to usher them into paragon level and cover the gap between H3: Pyramid of shadows and Revenge of the Giants. I wanted a little change of pace and something unique, so the idea is that each encounter is meant to showcare the story behind a particular PC. To that end, i sort of envisioned them exiting the transdimensional pyramid in H3 in something akin to "The end of time" from chrono trigger, which had incredibly tough encounters that had no consequence for losing.
That's where I'm looking for some crowd-sourced advice. Since there's no (or at least, not as bad as usual) consequence for losing and since they will reasonably attempt to restore all their daily powers in between, what's an encounter level that will still be decently challenging? I'm looking for a point at which the chance of TPK hits about 50/50. I know the book says level + 4 is about the limit before character death becomes a serious possibility, but i'm wondering how much farther i can go.
That's where I'm looking for some crowd-sourced advice. Since there's no (or at least, not as bad as usual) consequence for losing and since they will reasonably attempt to restore all their daily powers in between, what's an encounter level that will still be decently challenging? I'm looking for a point at which the chance of TPK hits about 50/50. I know the book says level + 4 is about the limit before character death becomes a serious possibility, but i'm wondering how much farther i can go.