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[Eberron] How are YOU going to handle the NPC level issue?
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<blockquote data-quote="JoeGKushner" data-source="post: 1889523" data-attributes="member: 1129"><p>I see plenty of things for the character's to 'fight'. As you've noted, there are 'entire dimensions of Unspeakable Horror', not to mention dragons and other beasties. </p><p></p><p>My whole 'rant' if you will is that if you treat 20th level characters like 1st level ones, there isn't a whole lot of freedom for the characters to explore their power. This stems from the first response to my post where I stated, I thought pretty simply, that 20th level characters deserve the respect due to their level and that since D&D isn't real life, and Eberron isn't the middle ages, that people who didn't respect that raw power and work with them, were going to get mowed down.</p><p></p><p>There's one country I was reading about the other day that hates elves. Their patrols are notorious for causing trouble. Now imagine a 20th level wizard elf (favored calss and all), just doing his standard business walking through the road and getting attacked by these soldiers thinking that they've got an easy thing going. Pity those soldiers....</p><p></p><p>In some ways, it gets back to Christopher Walker's post of "Let my PC be cool." If your character is always someone else's tool, then why bother playing? If the GM never allows you to flex your muscle without thousands of consequences... "Yes, the guards were all blood relatives of every noble house and you will now be hunted down like a dog!".</p><p></p><p>In Eberron especially, due to their power level, I can't help but think that there will be many who would suck up to the characters just to learn from them. A person who can cast wish? A cleric who can ressurect individuals dead for years? A fighter who can kill 100 soldiers or more? These are living legends.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoeGKushner, post: 1889523, member: 1129"] I see plenty of things for the character's to 'fight'. As you've noted, there are 'entire dimensions of Unspeakable Horror', not to mention dragons and other beasties. My whole 'rant' if you will is that if you treat 20th level characters like 1st level ones, there isn't a whole lot of freedom for the characters to explore their power. This stems from the first response to my post where I stated, I thought pretty simply, that 20th level characters deserve the respect due to their level and that since D&D isn't real life, and Eberron isn't the middle ages, that people who didn't respect that raw power and work with them, were going to get mowed down. There's one country I was reading about the other day that hates elves. Their patrols are notorious for causing trouble. Now imagine a 20th level wizard elf (favored calss and all), just doing his standard business walking through the road and getting attacked by these soldiers thinking that they've got an easy thing going. Pity those soldiers.... In some ways, it gets back to Christopher Walker's post of "Let my PC be cool." If your character is always someone else's tool, then why bother playing? If the GM never allows you to flex your muscle without thousands of consequences... "Yes, the guards were all blood relatives of every noble house and you will now be hunted down like a dog!". In Eberron especially, due to their power level, I can't help but think that there will be many who would suck up to the characters just to learn from them. A person who can cast wish? A cleric who can ressurect individuals dead for years? A fighter who can kill 100 soldiers or more? These are living legends. [/QUOTE]
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