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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dante58701" data-source="post: 3605350" data-attributes="member: 40336">What's popular is not always right and what's right is not always popular.Majority means nothing in such situations. If majority was always right, we would all be mindless drones and puppets, but we aren't are we?Basically...poor argument.Cloaks of resistance are the furthest thing from being a necessary item. I've done just fine without them in nearly every campaign I've been in. I just use my noggin to get out of sticky situations, rather than rely upon some trite little trinket or doodad.Come to think of it, the only things Ive found to be necessary are magical weapons, levels in monk, or spells. Even the simplest magic weapons give you just the edge you need against a dreaded beastie.Spells are even more important. Even Epic Level play just requires a little cleverness, as opposed to "Look mommy I've got a +20 cloak of Dire Tarrasque Resistance." Use the terrain to your advantage, set up you precast spells, sneak up on the beastie, or find a nice dead magic zone to level the playing field.Another option...run away until ur higher level. Not every encounter need be a loss or victory.Running is good roleplaying, especially since it's much smarter than charging headlong into battle like a pea-brained tyrannosaur. Thats what the stupid orcs are for.Another option, raise an army. Epic Level individuals tend to have armies and even kingdoms.Have your army fight while you and the other gamers do whippits, then charge into the fray when the beastie is down and pretend like you killed it all by yourself.In theory you get the experience for raising the army and using your resources to kill it.In short...there's more than one way to skin a Tarrasque, it need not be a paltry cloak of resistance. The same applies to other beasties. Tarrasque is just an example.I dont know about you, but if every character were running around with the same ensemble of magic items, Id start ripping up peoples character sheets.</blockquote>

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