Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Consonant Dude" data-source="post: 5806387" data-attributes="member: 6688791">I think there are two things to take into consideration. The rules and the flavor.Rules-wise, high levels are tougher to DM for me. Extremely powerful characters who have a vast array of abilities as a group make it tough to build adventures that are challenging. A well-rounded group will have a shortcut for almost everything and that just becomes boring for everyone involved.Fluff-wise, it's even worse. Ad your characters progress, you throw at them a lot more non-sensical creatures. Everything gets bigger and bigger until the world is an inconsistent mess. If the stakes are constantly at the highest... well nothing really matters anymore.I compare this to Hollywood movie sequels. The first movie is usually amazing. Then they have to raise the stakes more and more in subsequent films until nothing really makes sense anymore. Badass characters are OK but you have to be careful not to turn the whole thing into a caricature.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Consonant Dude, post: 5806387, member: 6688791"] I think there are two things to take into consideration. The rules and the flavor. Rules-wise, high levels are tougher to DM for me. Extremely powerful characters who have a vast array of abilities as a group make it tough to build adventures that are challenging. A well-rounded group will have a shortcut for almost everything and that just becomes boring for everyone involved. Fluff-wise, it's even worse. Ad your characters progress, you throw at them a lot more non-sensical creatures. Everything gets bigger and bigger until the world is an inconsistent mess. If the stakes are constantly at the highest... well nothing really matters anymore. I compare this to Hollywood movie sequels. The first movie is usually amazing. Then they have to raise the stakes more and more in subsequent films until nothing really makes sense anymore. Badass characters are OK but you have to be careful not to turn the whole thing into a caricature. [/QUOTE]

Verification