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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8287873" data-attributes="member: 2629">Mercer would have no difficulty challenging this party through 20th level - as evidenced by him doing the same thing in campaign one ((when they had an extra-dimensional Scanlan Shorthand Magnificent Mansion.Further, Mercer has made it clear that there will be 'further adventures' for the Mighty Nein - just as there were for Vox Machina.  They will get to those higher levels.The end right now is a combination of:1.) Taking a break from the game at campaign end.2.) Wanting to take that break at a time that makes sense for the studio changes that will bring them all back to the table.3.) Wanting to preserve a few 'levels' that can be added in those future adventures.  I still do not get this fear that DMs have of higher levels.  The game changes as PCs advance.  Things that were a challenge at lower levels become trivial at higher, but there is still a tone of ways to keep the game interesting.  For example: Powerful enemies understand that powerful PCs, when fully rested, are very capable - so they set the stage to deplete PC resources within a short period of time before they go in for the kill.  Or  There is a clock (or the PCs are concerned there is a clock) on what the PCs must achieve, requiring them to complete a task within X hours (which puts a cap on how much they can rest).  Or The DM designs the final encounter with the assumption the PCs will have a chance to be fully rested and designs it to have several phases (just like Mercer did for this last storyline) giving the PCs chances to deplete those resources ... a tactic that gets more drama when the PCs have no clue there will be multiple phases.  High level D&D is different than low level D&D, but it is fun when you treat it like a high level game and stop lamenting you can't use your low level tricks on the party.</blockquote>

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