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<blockquote data-quote="JPL" data-source="post: 398099" data-attributes="member: 1964">Maybe it's the Marvel Comics I grew up on...I have no problem at all believing that Elminster and the other high-level Realmsfolk are otherwise occupied while the PCs save the world.&nbsp; Happens all the time.&nbsp; The Avengers are gone, so the FF save the world; the FF are gone, so the Avengers save the world...Buy the Epic Level Handbook, and your character can eventually go toe-to-toe with Elminster.&nbsp; Heck, Drizzt is only, what, 15th level?&nbsp; And he's not even min-maxed, and his stats are nothing too outrageous.&nbsp; One thing I love about the new FR: the NPCs really don't get any special breaks, rules-wise.&nbsp; That wasn't always the case.I figure Elminster and company are just operating on a far vaster scale than most lower-level characters.&nbsp; See all that stuff in the Epic Level Handbook?&nbsp; That's what they fight.&nbsp; Been fighting it for years --- centuries, in some cases.&nbsp; And you wonder why they don't drop everything to stop a measly dragon or an orc hoard?Anyway, we're only talking about a dozen or so uber-NPCs.&nbsp; Faerun is a big place.&nbsp; Any PC is a legend in the making.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JPL, post: 398099, member: 1964"] Maybe it's the Marvel Comics I grew up on...I have no problem at all believing that Elminster and the other high-level Realmsfolk are otherwise occupied while the PCs save the world. Happens all the time. The Avengers are gone, so the FF save the world; the FF are gone, so the Avengers save the world... Buy the Epic Level Handbook, and your character can eventually go toe-to-toe with Elminster. Heck, Drizzt is only, what, 15th level? And he's not even min-maxed, and his stats are nothing too outrageous. One thing I love about the new FR: the NPCs really don't get any special breaks, rules-wise. That wasn't always the case. I figure Elminster and company are just operating on a far vaster scale than most lower-level characters. See all that stuff in the Epic Level Handbook? That's what they fight. Been fighting it for years --- centuries, in some cases. And you wonder why they don't drop everything to stop a measly dragon or an orc hoard? Anyway, we're only talking about a dozen or so uber-NPCs. Faerun is a big place. Any PC is a legend in the making. [/QUOTE]

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