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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 1437711" data-attributes="member: 463">high-levelsAs my campaigns get to high levels and the PCs become movers & shakers, I find that inevitably they play a more and more political role - forging alliances, negotiating with rival powers; working out what's going on and _who_ to attack rather than simply _how_ to attack them.  I'd find it very difficult to be running nothing but Monte Cook or Diablo style dungeon-crawls all the way to 20th level, it would severely strain my suspension of disbelief (I think it might also be rather boring for me).  Also, the political game is much less dependent on balance between PCs in terms of power; the 11th level Druid and the 14th level Fighter both have strengths and weaknesses in the political arena that have nothing to do with their butt-kicking abilities.  There's an old deity PC imc (Upper_Krust's Thrin) who is still played by U-K and likes to chip in (via his mortal servants) to offer 'helpful' advice to the current primary PCs - advice that is of course intended to further the Church of Thrin's own political agenda, which may or may not coincide with the agendas of the primary PCs...  and their own agendas, while linked, will also inevitably differ somewhat depending on the different PCs' attitudes, backgrounds & such.</blockquote>