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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 5850477" data-attributes="member: 8461">The issue here is that "epic" is a place where the fluff and the crunch of the game entwine very closely, because while the game's mechanics need to support the suppositions of the game's setting across the board, inconsistencies become more glaring at higher levels.The question of PCs running kingdoms at "lower" levels (e.g. 9th level) isn't too much of a problem, because issues of power aren't necessarily front-and-center; even if they are, when most of the peasantry is reliably 1st and 2nd level, how much stronger than them you are is something of an academic issue.When it comes to adversaries, especially when faced in personal combat, however, the problem can quickly become too big to ignore. If Hell can withstand an invasion of angels, your characters are going to need to be legitimately stronger than angels to let your invasion have any hope of success - if that's not true, then the established lore isn't backed up by the game stats, and the disconnect hurts the verisimilitude you're trying to evoke.</blockquote>