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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ry" data-source="post: 2571519" data-attributes="member: 8314">One thing I've found in my games is that exceptional power can really be a matter of how you portray the world - my game has the 6th level cap, which through careful training and questing is really a 10th level cap.  I guess my point is that in a world where guards are 1st level warriors, highly capable soldier-captains are 3rd level fighters, and a 6th level fighter can be a soldier of great renown - well, a 10th level warrior is a living legend.  I just want to point out that, while "the empowerment that comes with playing an individual with exceptional capabilities is a selling point that many seek out D&D specifically for" this is not necessarily an artefact of high-level play.Heck, what's a properly decked-out 10th-level fighter capable of against the oliphaunt, anyway?</blockquote>