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<blockquote data-quote="Cadence" data-source="post: 8505822" data-attributes="member: 6701124">Part of it for me is trying to picture what that 20th level BBEG is doing while the PCs head that way in level.&nbsp; If they're a spell caster, what can one do with teleportation and dominate person and all of the scrying spells...&nbsp;&nbsp; The concentration and attunement rules in 5e feel like they do a lot to help this.&nbsp; If the powerful bad NPCs and monsters are around without powerful good guys, then I wonder about why there are castles and armies.&nbsp; If there are powerful good guys, then I wonder about why they're sitting around waiting for the PCs.&nbsp; (I guess this is something the comic books deal with.&nbsp; If there is a silver-age Superman around, then your street level heroes are redundant.&nbsp; If it's a less omniscient superfast Thor at the top of the food chain, then there is a lot more for the street levle heroes). No good answer here. I have a whole list of changes I can picture in a game -- and I should probably make a list and try that RPG.&nbsp; Part of it is familiarity with how everything works I guess and the comfort of knowing the spells and monsters and what dice to roll.I sometimes think I want grittier.&nbsp; But then I picture the extra dice rolls and the things that wouldn't happen in D&amp;D games I've loved if it was grittier... and I'm not sure...&nbsp;&nbsp; So I'm trying to think about what I can keep in D&amp;D that deals with my world building power-range angst.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cadence, post: 8505822, member: 6701124"] Part of it for me is trying to picture what that 20th level BBEG is doing while the PCs head that way in level. If they're a spell caster, what can one do with teleportation and dominate person and all of the scrying spells... The concentration and attunement rules in 5e feel like they do a lot to help this. If the powerful bad NPCs and monsters are around without powerful good guys, then I wonder about why there are castles and armies. If there are powerful good guys, then I wonder about why they're sitting around waiting for the PCs. (I guess this is something the comic books deal with. If there is a silver-age Superman around, then your street level heroes are redundant. If it's a less omniscient superfast Thor at the top of the food chain, then there is a lot more for the street levle heroes). No good answer here. I have a whole list of changes I can picture in a game -- and I should probably make a list and try that RPG. Part of it is familiarity with how everything works I guess and the comfort of knowing the spells and monsters and what dice to roll. I sometimes think I want grittier. But then I picture the extra dice rolls and the things that wouldn't happen in D&D games I've loved if it was grittier... and I'm not sure... So I'm trying to think about what I can keep in D&D that deals with my world building power-range angst. [/QUOTE]

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