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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ace" data-source="post: 648874" data-attributes="member: 944">Re: wellThats my view as well. I think there is roughly a 3-1 offense to defense ratio inherent in the D&D magic system. This makes pitched battles very deadly. I tend to see Epic level charcters as strategic weapons and so the powers they wield are rarely unleashed simply to avoid destroying the world. Heck a few moderate level magic items can change the world beyond recognitionSome examplesHealstone; This device is actaully a bracelet that cast Cure Light Wounds at will  (and occupies one slot) it costs 2000GP (about what 20 men cost to buy gear for) and will heal 1d8+1 damage (a swored slash) every 6 seconds. This means that a mangled hero (down 100 points) will be full ready for battle in about 3 minutes, or less time than it would take to check him for injury IRL.   Food- o- Matic  casts create food and water at will. This costs 30000GP (pricey) or about the same as 3 months rations for 1000 men. This doesn't seem like that good a deal but 2 of these  used with creatively it can feed 1000 men and horses indefinetlyNight Goggles, Boots of Striding and Springing and Ring of Sustenance-- This combination given to a special forces team (high level guys 7+IMC) will allow the team to have an uptime of 20 hours per day,  need no supplies and fight as well at night as day  for a nearly unlimited amount of time. Even Marine Force Recon isn't that tough <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Fireball Generator -- They call this a Firelance in IMC. It is a rod like weapon with Fireball, Heighted Spell (4th level) and 4 levels of energy substituition (costs 0)  It costs 56000GP, has a range of 680 feet, does 7d of any energy damage, will pentrate a minor globe (4th level spell) It will blast a formation into ruins in a few seconds and best of all it never runs out of energy. Blast Rod. Casts Disintegrate at will. This items is spendy (but not epic) costing 135,000GP. Its not a combat weapon (though handy)  but instead a tuneling aid!  A five man team with one of these can use it to create something roughly equal to the Channel Tunnel in a a month. This is verses 13000 people with modern technology taking several years to do the same task!There are items that can be made by a spell caster of about mid to high  level and the effects are mind boggling. I can't even imagine what epic magic is like</blockquote>

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