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<blockquote data-quote="scifan888" data-source="post: 4790483" data-attributes="member: 63424"><p>Of course a PC would have to research an epic spell. However the lack of game info means that the player and DM have to actually do all the design work themselves rather than having a set goal for the character. Also there is no guarantee you are actually coming up with the same spell. </p><p></p><p>By leaving out all game details the designer just gives a hand-wave to what the NPC is able to do and not do under the rules, especially when for example Leska casts a spell that causes war to break out over an ENTIRE WORLD. How could someone of her level cast a spell that affects the entire world? No PC with the same abilities could do this, so how did she?</p><p>This seems to be one of the bad design situations where the writer gives the NPC abilities they could not have by ignoring the game rules. That may be fine in a novel but not in a game. </p><p>By just having "fluff" without any "crunch" with the epic spells you perpetuate the - NPC's can do this but PC's cannot because the rules say so, and the a PC must have more power, effort and sacrifice than the PC to even get a similar but lesser effect. These stereotypes have shown up many times over the years in modules and campaign settings.</p><p>As a player I always found that very annoying and as a DM when players ask the questions I asked the only answer we get is-- just because the writer/designer wanted to ignore the rules for a "cool event".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scifan888, post: 4790483, member: 63424"] Of course a PC would have to research an epic spell. However the lack of game info means that the player and DM have to actually do all the design work themselves rather than having a set goal for the character. Also there is no guarantee you are actually coming up with the same spell. By leaving out all game details the designer just gives a hand-wave to what the NPC is able to do and not do under the rules, especially when for example Leska casts a spell that causes war to break out over an ENTIRE WORLD. How could someone of her level cast a spell that affects the entire world? No PC with the same abilities could do this, so how did she? This seems to be one of the bad design situations where the writer gives the NPC abilities they could not have by ignoring the game rules. That may be fine in a novel but not in a game. By just having "fluff" without any "crunch" with the epic spells you perpetuate the - NPC's can do this but PC's cannot because the rules say so, and the a PC must have more power, effort and sacrifice than the PC to even get a similar but lesser effect. These stereotypes have shown up many times over the years in modules and campaign settings. As a player I always found that very annoying and as a DM when players ask the questions I asked the only answer we get is-- just because the writer/designer wanted to ignore the rules for a "cool event". [/QUOTE]
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