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<blockquote data-quote="EarthSeraphEdna" data-source="post: 4358977" data-attributes="member: 49309">Hey U_K, just giving a little report about gameplay at the epic levels of 4.0: it's very, very wonky and prone to the PCs becoming overwhelmingly powerful with even simple optimization, though not as bad as how it was in 3.5. I've been DMing weekly all-combat one-shots through MapTool (<a href="http://www.big-metto.net/RP_Wiki/index.php?title=D%26D_4.0:_POWER_KILL" target="_blank">www.big-metto.net/RP_Wiki/index.php?title=D&amp;D_4.0:_POWER_KILL</a>) to test out the combat of 4.0; the first session was at level 16, the second was at level 24, the third was at level 26, the fourth was at level 30, and the final was also at level 30.Well, let's just say that for the final game, the 5-man party seriously defeated a pair of Orcuses without either of the two beasties taking a single action. In fact, one of the party members didn't really contribute that much, so they could've pulled it off with just a 4-man party. No, seriously, they did it through legit teamwork tactics without resorting to things like Blade Cascade or Seal of Binding. They relied on stunlock and Divine Miracle to keep the Orcuses perpetually stunned with an extremely low chance of either one recovering. There's a convoluted log here if you want some proof: <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/127206991/4eLevel30Orcus.html" target="_blank">http://rapidshare.com/files/127206991/4eLevel30Orcus.html</a>Stunning powers and the Demigod epic destiny certainly unbalance epic-level play very much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EarthSeraphEdna, post: 4358977, member: 49309"] Hey U_K, just giving a little report about gameplay at the epic levels of 4.0: it's very, very wonky and prone to the PCs becoming overwhelmingly powerful with even simple optimization, though not as bad as how it was in 3.5. I've been DMing weekly all-combat one-shots through MapTool ([url]www.big-metto.net/RP_Wiki/index.php?title=D%26D_4.0:_POWER_KILL[/url]) to test out the combat of 4.0; the first session was at level 16, the second was at level 24, the third was at level 26, the fourth was at level 30, and the final was also at level 30. Well, let's just say that for the final game, the 5-man party seriously defeated a pair of Orcuses without either of the two beasties taking a single action. In fact, one of the party members didn't really contribute that much, so they could've pulled it off with just a 4-man party. No, seriously, they did it through legit teamwork tactics without resorting to things like Blade Cascade or Seal of Binding. They relied on stunlock and Divine Miracle to keep the Orcuses perpetually stunned with an extremely low chance of either one recovering. There's a convoluted log here if you want some proof: [url]http://rapidshare.com/files/127206991/4eLevel30Orcus.html[/url] Stunning powers and the Demigod epic destiny certainly unbalance epic-level play very much. [/QUOTE]

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