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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Azazyll" data-source="post: 1475233" data-attributes="member: 4367">I have to agree that there are a lot more epic level characters running around than just the ones that are stipulated.  Virtually every suplement that has come out for FR has mulitple high level characters and at least a few epics.  Check out the lich (Larloch?) in Lords of Darkness.  And he's just one example.  In Underdark virtually all of the cities are being run by extremely high level characters, and the Drow in particular seem to have a bunch of epic characters running around if I remember correctly.  The epic level handbook actually stats our a few random extra epic level characters, like one of Auril's chief priestesses and a frost giant princess, as well as the former hand of Gileam.  The write up of the new god of necromancy, Velsharoon the Vaunted, says he was a powerful Red Wizard who lost out to Szath Tam.  To even be considered worthy of thinking about taking on Szath you'd have to be epic.  similar epic extras pop up everywhere.  That's part of the fun of the setting, IMHO.  sure, it means if your characters are epic they don't stick out as much, but at least they'll have friends powerful enough to help them and villains worthy to oppose them without having to resort to deific encounters.  not that there's any shortage of those...speaking of which, check the plot hooks in the back of Faiths and Pantheons.  One of the three takes place on an island off the coast of one of Sembia's major ports ties into an adventure seed with a quasi-deity banished by Shar whose gone mad and thinks he's one of the Shadow Kings who pre-date most of the deities.  Most interesting of all, a random plot hook is thrown in: the dagger Bane, Myrkul, and Bhaal used to kill one of the "Elder Gods" to gain enough deific might to take on Jergal is randomly on the island, for no apparent reason that I can tell.  But a cool idea none-the less.  the fact that it's in the still beating heart of said deity is perhaps the best part.  Definitely a book worth picking up if you're looking into epic levels.If I have accidentally violated copyright, somebody let me know.</blockquote>

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