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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Korgoth" data-source="post: 4826669" data-attributes="member: 49613">Perhaps you're thinking of it from a different perspective. Though most of my game has involved the exploration of a megadungeon, it has not been that exclusively. Most episodes include getting into trouble in the big city on the surface, as well as providing leadership to the refugee population that the PCs are a part of.For example, a Priest who recently started (a 1st; he hit 3rd pretty quick though) was an acolyte at an important temple in the big city. He provided a vital contact (his superior), who in turn was able to get them the ear of the high priest. This opened up a lucrative mission by essentially getting them a bunch of information about a tomb on a lower level, and resulted in them returning an artifact that landed them a land grant (a crummy land grant that is infested with monsters and cannibal lunatic froglodytes of course... it's more fun that way!).Plus, and perhaps I simply haven't stressed this... my game is about exploration and interaction rather than combat. Figuring out where to search, how to get around death traps, and how to solve weird puzzles involving things like geometric orientations and Fibonacci Sequences are all level-independent tasks. They recently had to get across this strange starry gulf to access a strange shrine on the other side... there was both puzzle solving and action, but the action had nothing to do with character level. Being chased around by an animated idol called for some rolling, but level didn't matter.Now, in a combat/tactical oriented game, I guess being down a level or two would make a difference. But while I do have some combat, it's hardly the focus of the sessions. I go more for the thinky, talky, explory stuff.</blockquote>

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