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<blockquote data-quote="Korgoth" data-source="post: 4215908" data-attributes="member: 49613">It doesn't sound like an MMO.&nbsp; In an MMO, you always come back from death no matter what, even at 1st level.In 4E, it seems that you go from Hero --&gt; Superhero --&gt; Mythological Hero.&nbsp; And mythological heroes do come back from the dead and other things like that... at that point they're pretty much on a first name basis with the cosmic forces of nature and so get to break the rules somewhat (think of high school: if you are a supernerd honor student you can walk around at all times without a hall pass, wear long hair and get mouthy with the authorities, whereas slackers would be crushed for any one of those offenses).&nbsp; The Epic character has essentially earned the right to break the rules.I think one challenge will be for DMs to make it believeable.&nbsp; Surely you don't get to tell the Grim Reaper to &quot;stick it&quot; on a daily basis and casually use Time Stop to make it to the Post Office before it closes simply because you've been grinding &quot;Boartusk Orcs&quot; for 21 levels.&nbsp; I feel strongly that there's going to have to be some in-campaign justification for the attainment of Epic-ness.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Korgoth, post: 4215908, member: 49613"] It doesn't sound like an MMO. In an MMO, you always come back from death no matter what, even at 1st level. In 4E, it seems that you go from Hero --> Superhero --> Mythological Hero. And mythological heroes do come back from the dead and other things like that... at that point they're pretty much on a first name basis with the cosmic forces of nature and so get to break the rules somewhat (think of high school: if you are a supernerd honor student you can walk around at all times without a hall pass, wear long hair and get mouthy with the authorities, whereas slackers would be crushed for any one of those offenses). The Epic character has essentially earned the right to break the rules. I think one challenge will be for DMs to make it believeable. Surely you don't get to tell the Grim Reaper to "stick it" on a daily basis and casually use Time Stop to make it to the Post Office before it closes simply because you've been grinding "Boartusk Orcs" for 21 levels. I feel strongly that there's going to have to be some in-campaign justification for the attainment of Epic-ness. [/QUOTE]

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