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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CRGreathouse" data-source="post: 1720856" data-attributes="member: 474">The Epic Level Handbook is amazing, and it's a great resource for my game.First, it's great for worldbuilding -- the creatures all have backstory that could serve to anchor a whole campaign, regardless of level.The mechanics are very solid in my experience.  Admittedly, the epic spells require (as recommended in the ELH) the DM to excercise caution -- it's not a strong enough system to stand alone against possible PC abuse -- but that hasn't been a problem in my campaign, and the highest-level character in my group is a wizard with extremely high Spellcraft and Epic Spellcasting.The epic skills are very exciting, and are good enough that I fleshed them out by adding other uses and DCs.  These really make the players feel special: doing things purely by their own skills, without magic of any sort, is nice.The epic feats are an excellent way to build flexibility right into the system.  I have found some things lacking (good feats for bards, for example, are few), but generally have no quarrels.  They're really good for the PCs to strive for: in another campaign of mine heading toward epic levels, I have a PC who is hoping to take Polyglot.  He's been teaching himself languages constantly since 2nd level or so (with my harder house rules), and he looks forward to the culmination of his studies.When the epic rules are supplemented with campaign-specific feats and prestige classes (for example, my Transcendant and Avatar of Genos), it's a great way to continue playing as high as the players want to go.  It's flavorful and, at least in my experience, as balanced as the rest of the game.Edit: I hardly looked at the adventure or the city.  I have a setting of my own, and prefer to make adventures related to the PCs doings.  I've heard bad things about them, but other than the horrid Union guardsman prestige class I can't say anything on the basis of personal experience.</blockquote>

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