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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fictionaut" data-source="post: 259075" data-attributes="member: 303">Thumbs UpI picked up the ELH on Friday, and have finally had a chance to read completely through it. I have to concur with much of what has been said here about the lack of campaign-building material, but it still seems like a very solid book. I was pleased overall with the mechanical aspects of the book. Some of the feats could perhaps have been more general, as opposed to tailoring almost all of them to one or two classes (Epic Dodge and Spectral Strike are the two that come to mind immediately), but overall, nothing set off my house rule alarm. I was actually taken aback by how linear the progression of powers is, at least in the 20s-30s.The monsters presented a nice variety of challenges, and I have to give serious props for the inclusion of ECLs, which, to me at least, seem much closer to the mark than those in Dragon a few months back. Hopefully this trend will continue with MM2 and future monster books. As far as campaign-building goes, Deities and Demigods spoiled me with the volume of advice and number of hooks, and so it was a bit of a letdown not to find the same level of campaign support.Instead, we have Union, which seems to be geared towards dispelling the attitude that PCs are the biggest kids on the playground. While the sentiment is admirable, I don't think a city with thirtieth level guards (!) is suitable for everyone's style of play, and a more general chapter on high level campaign ideas and logistics would probably have been better received.But overall, I think removing the "cap" mentality from campaigns is a long-overdue idea, and in that sense the book succeeds. It is relatively unexplored territory, but I suspect many groups will build up to it slowly anyway.</blockquote>

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