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<blockquote data-quote="Rahkan" data-source="post: 214909" data-attributes="member: 3583">RahkanThis reminds me of a villain I was making the other day. He was a level 8 psion (telepath) who was going to be the party's nemesis for a few sessions. The point is that instead of taking the most useful level 1 abilities like Charm Person (he got Domination and level 4), he took some kind of &quot;sense the past of an object&quot; skill and other skills that would really help out a high-level guy but would have gotten him killed if he was low-lvled.The point is that if I had been making a level 1 psion his skills would have been totally different, except that wouldn't he have chosen those skills at level 1 and thus still have them at level 8? Thats kind of what making a high-level character is about. It really lets you ignore that whole trade off between power now and power later. But the level 8 psion sure did have much cooler powers (and they fit together alot better), which might make him a more realistic character. But his powers also didn't follow a logical progression, making him less realistic?The debate between high-level vs. low-level character creation just reminded me of that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rahkan, post: 214909, member: 3583"] [b]Rahkan[/b] This reminds me of a villain I was making the other day. He was a level 8 psion (telepath) who was going to be the party's nemesis for a few sessions. The point is that instead of taking the most useful level 1 abilities like Charm Person (he got Domination and level 4), he took some kind of "sense the past of an object" skill and other skills that would really help out a high-level guy but would have gotten him killed if he was low-lvled. The point is that if I had been making a level 1 psion his skills would have been totally different, except that wouldn't he have chosen those skills at level 1 and thus still have them at level 8? Thats kind of what making a high-level character is about. It really lets you ignore that whole trade off between power now and power later. But the level 8 psion sure did have much cooler powers (and they fit together alot better), which might make him a more realistic character. But his powers also didn't follow a logical progression, making him less realistic? The debate between high-level vs. low-level character creation just reminded me of that. [/QUOTE]

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