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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SHARK" data-source="post: 4584082" data-attributes="member: 1131">Greetings!Certainly, Herremann!Well, I use a Fate Point mechanic for player characters and select NPC's. Standard *adult* NPC's are in the 6th=12/15th level range. NPC's at 20th level and above are fairly common. Elite NPC's that are 30th level or higher are normal, and expected.Information and traveling spells--Teleport, Scrying, etc--have various restrictions. Many traveling spells--like plane-hopping spells, have high chances of dangerous and mysterious effects occuring, including causing mass death for not only the caster, but everyone in a thousand yard radius. Diseases are rampant, virilent and deadly, and not easily dispelled or cured by standard spells.High-level combat is organized and run swiftly, with the party of PC's commanding groups of dozens of henchmen, as well as oftentimes having the support of dozens or even several hundred troops, often elite. The PC's may for example, find themselves facing the challenge of storming a mutated, living citadel, held by 200-400 lvl 40 Fire Giants, commanded by a lvl 60 Vampire Lord, and supported by 2 lvl 60 Red Dragons.I dispense with much of the niggling bookkeeping. I do not feel the need to worry about accounting for every *+2* bonus or *-2* penalty. During such fights, I use my previously-prepared notes, and wing it from there. If I feel a particular squad of giants guarding the temple entrance need some buffing, because the party has been having a bit of an easy time--no problem. I just give the creatures a +6 or +10 across the board bonus on whatever, and don't worry about it.Maybe the PC's are desperate, and are getting overwhelmed, and the cleric uses a special prayer spell or such, and the Gods answer by sending a divine storm that temporarily grants the PC's extra powers, or maybe a regiment of elite Eladrin or Planetars show up, and provide the PC's with enough of an edge to have an opportunity to change the tide of battle, and emerge victorious.Players and NPC's alike have abilities to craft powerful magic items and artifacts and relics of great power. PC's, while powerful, are not necessarily *unique*--in the sense that there are NPC's that may have access to a similar suite of powers, resources, and abilities.Does this help?Semper Fidelis,SHARK</blockquote>

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