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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Forrester" data-source="post: 251478" data-attributes="member: 1279">Schmoe vs. Epic-Level DingusIt just occurred to me that especially because their BAB goes up slower after level 20, 95% of the power (if not more) of an Epic-Level fighter comes not from his own powers, but from his magic items. His Epic-level feats notwithstanding, I'm betting. Theoretically, a 30th level fighter should be able to take on 64 18th level fighters. Admittedly, this may be bending or breaking the CR rules, which were never that great at high levels, but the point is that a 30th level fighter is a HELLUVA lot more powerful than an 18th level guy. I wonder . . . if we put a fully equipped 18th level guy against a 30th level guy what would happen. If it's an even match -- or if it's even close (i.e., it seems that a couple 18th level fighters, or one 20th level fighter could do Epic-Boy in), it means that about 3% of that fighter's strength comes from his level, and 97% of it comes from his magic items. (This assumes that indeed, a fully-equipped 30th level fighter would be a match, or more than a match, for dozens of 18th level fighters.) Is that Hero system done yet, Wickett? It's sounding better and better all the time.</blockquote>