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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 249399" data-attributes="member: 5834">Epic Characters should not be involved in daily activitiesEpic characters should only be run in dire circumstances. They should spend a great deal of their time in seclusion or roleplaying. Time should flow differently for them. For example, as a DM of epic level characters, you should have no trouble telling your characters they have had no real challenges for years. Then spring the adventure on them as a series of events leading up to an epic level challenge. You shouldn't be dungeon delving still as an epic level character or just adventuring. Epic level characters should be guiding lower level characters, running kingdoms or organizations, researching, and the like. They probably enjoy their seclusion because lesser people are probably always trying to get them to join them for some plot or some reason to further their power. Epic DM's should be focusing alot on roleplaying and story. The threats should challenge an epic level character, but also tell  a great story in the process. When they do face down the final enemy, it will require all their resources to do so.I don't think that 6th to 10th level is the level of storybook heroes. Lord of the Rings is a prime example. Aragorn had to be at least a 20th lvl Ranger or multi-class fighter ranger. Boromir was at least a 20 th lvl fighter. Gandalf had to be a celestial being with unknown powers of wizardry. Even the hobbits probably ended up being lvl 6 or so warriors. Gimli and Legolas were probably around lvl 15 or so, maybe higher.The big difference in those books is that world was different and monsters were stronger. Middle Earth was very low magic. None of the characters save Frodo had powerful magic armor. The orcs weren't just regular 1 hd orcs, but probably varied. Even a lvl 20 fighter can fall to a horde of orcs in this game if they overrun him, which is most likely what they would do if he was killing too many of them. If you wanted to, you could run a low magic D and D campaign with greater variation in the monsters to capture the feel or Lord of the Rings.I can't really say what I think is most ridiculous until I see the book.</blockquote>

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