Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dioltach" data-source="post: 5969079" data-attributes="member: 21843">I think that there are various perspectives. First, I personally love levelling up: it represents an accomplishment, both for my character and for me as a player. It's something to look forward to, and offers an incentive to keep playing.Second, I like exploring the options of high-level play. I once ran a campaign at 21st level, where the PCs were Odin's messengers preparing the world for Ragnarok. Their first mission was to capture the Fenrir wolf without killing him. This kind of game offers players the chance to flex some power-play muscles and try out Power Word: Kill instead of Magic Missile.Third, though, as time goes by I find that my taste in gaming, like my taste in fantasy literature, has become grittier. Perhaps I've become too cynical to get carried away by epic heroic fantasy and dreams of saving the world, perhaps I've come to identify more with down-to-earth characters with selfish motives and more immediate dangers. Either way, nowadays my favourite characters tend to be the ones that struggle to survive rather than the ones who decide the fate of nations and worlds.</blockquote>