Do you Expect to hit Epic tier?

[Herschel]

Yes, and four groups are on target to do so. Whether they actually hit Epic remains to be seen but I'm thinking at least three will.

 

[was]

my groups all fall apart before we get to epic

 

[the Jester]

I voted for the first answer, but a more accurate way of putting it for me would be, "If the pcs live long enough, we'll get there eventually!"

 

[Mirtek]

I don't think I'll ever reach epic. And it doesn't really make me sad. My highest level character is Lvl 13 and I discovered that I that I already don't really like paragon tier, thus confirming my gut feeling that I wouldn't like epic tier anyway

 

[keterys]

It's really not that bad, as long as you don't try and break it.

 

[Mirtek]

It's really not that bad, as long as you don't try and break it.

It's not the game mechanics, it's the scope I don't like. Paragon is already getting too grand for my taste. I just don't want to save whole countries, lest whole worlds or to rub shoulders with deities or just exarchs.

 

[Primitive Screwhead]

I am running war of the burning sky, and some of the PCs started at first level. We are in or third year and level 23. I expect to end the game at 30th level in just over a year. ;-)

I. Have not had any problem with epic level grind or scope..see my recent posts in the EnWorld publishing forum for some play recaps!

The next game, however, will probably be a 11 level game, capping at the start of a new tier.

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[Traveon Wyvernspur]

When it's a game I DM, I always want to see the characters reach the end of the campaign and I like to plan for it to end at the capped level. Even though I do this, only two of my campaigns have ever hit the level cap.

As a player, I'd love to hit the level cap, but sadly I've not done so as of yet (been gaming 10+ years to this point). Though on the bright side, I'm in a current group (playing in a Pathfinder game) that the DM sees us going to the level cap using an adventure path that we are all enjoying thus far. It's too early to really tell if this will happen or not, but I'm optimistic about it and retiring my character at the top of the echelon.

 

[I'm A Banana]

FWIW, even though I think D&D is basically a 10-level game, I think there's room for 3 "tiers," still.

There's the "mundane" tier when your fighter is just some squire and your wizard is just some apprentice, and you fight goblins and orcs like each one could kill seven of you.

There's the "heroic" tier, when your fighter is a celebrated warrior-king and your wizard is a talented spellcaster, and you can kill a hoarde of orcs, and slay a few dragons.

There's the "epic" tier, when your fighter can arm-wrestle Hercules, your Wizard can tear the fabric of reality asunder, and you can kill or become gods.

I don't think these tiers correspond directly to "levels," though they do correspond roughly to ranks of power. Each tier can have 10 levels each, or you can spread them out in about 3 levels per. I think different campaigns will find happiness in different tiers of play, others would want the whole sweep, and that is As It Should Be.

BEMCI, baby. This was a good idea ahead of its time.

 

[darkwing]

We've been playing since the game came out and we're level 13. We'll probably hit epic in a year or so. The question is, will 5th ed. come out first?