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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IceFractal" data-source="post: 3873598" data-attributes="member: 27704">I'm with Mustrum_Ridcully on this - while trekking through the wilderness can be an adventure in itself, different styles of adventures are appropriate for different levels of characters.Heroic level characters - yes, they should do things the hard way.  Forge their way through the woods to the castle, sneak into the castle in a wagon of hay, fight their way through the defenders, search for secret passages if the doors are too sturdy, and so forth.Paragon level characters can take some shortcuts - they've earned them.  It's hardly out of character for a Paragon character to Teleport to the castle (although not directly into the throne room) - getting there is no longer the challenge, dealing with what you find there is.  Likewise, in the castle, they can bypass the first lines of defense the easy way (invisibility, knock, etc), until they reach the inner areas which are better protected.  They still shouldn't be going straight to the BBEG, but it's not unreasonable that the BBEG be taking some precautions to prevent them.  Epic level characters can go straight to the BBEG, and if the BBEG doesn't have defenses against that kind of assault then they deserve to die.  At Epic levels, walls are not a challenge, distance is not a challenge, normal guards and orc hordes are not a challenge.  The challenge is Epic foes and multiplanar events.</blockquote>