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Message: <blockquote data-quote="howandwhy99" data-source="post: 1603147" data-attributes="member: 3192">I like your point about different challenge ratings being different monsters. It seems that with advancement rules, nice as they are, the gradations in monster power (kobold-goblin-orc-hobgoblin-bugbear-ogre) have been glossed over. They are still sort of in the Monster Manual at different CR's, but it is so slight I wonder how the upgrade in danger really comes off. I do like have the ability to create say a 5th level gnoll ranger, but she is likely to be one of the tribal (200-300+) leaders and the person they would call on to find any troublemakers. A tribe of 200-300+ 5th level gnoll rangers is a bit over-the-top in my opinion. But if that is what the players expect, how do I create a believable medieval world? I really can't find a group who can commit to once a week games anymore, though. Even if we could, I doubt any would really want to advance levels 1-20 in a single year. IIRC the 3E ruleset aims for one 4 hour session every week with 4 players. They would then advance once every month as long as they also followed the balancing 1 CR equivalent combat every hour rule. I don't mind the amount of combat, but I do worry that the classes and the #/day powers are balanced off the premise of this 4 combats / day. I guess I am bothered about these oddities, but neither do I feel comfortable enough to know and instate all the fixes. I haven't really played Birthright, but have heard good things about it. I picked up the "Fields of Blood" book and it looks quickly compatible with clear and consistent rules.A couple of other posts mentioned level inflation and campaign world demographics. I'd like to think that I could run a game ignoring these presumed demographics and increased world power as I don't really want epic level characters in every large city. I doubt I would place many metropolis at all. Perhaps, these demographics might be consistent within the new Eberron Campaign world? I'm hoping it can help as I am really looking for believability and rationales behind how characters necessarily behave as they do (often based on mechanics like spellbooks, fixed ranges, etc.).</blockquote>

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