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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aurance" data-source="post: 1553796" data-attributes="member: 12854">Balance is hard to gauge at epic levels. There are a lot of effects that kill or instantly or disable permanently if the target is not adequately prepared. At pre-epic levels, the focus is on an average-equipped character having at least some chance to survive any effect via saving throw, high AC, or whatever. At epic levels though, that chance is not a given for an average character. Many effects guarantee a rapid death if you don't have special protection and foreknowledge of the opponents you face.I think this is ok, as epic level characters have immense defensive and regenerative capabilities as well as offensive capabilities, not to mention almost unlimited divination powers, whether mundane or magical. Simply, you find out your opponent has one of those swords, and you put some sort of negative energy protection on yourself. Barring that, your friends can resurrect you at a whim.Your epic iaijutsu master *should* be able to mow down non-epic enemies with his magic blades - that's one of the paradigms of epic characters. But a good DM will acknowledge the same power in important epic NPC enemies and prepare them accordingly.</blockquote>