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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 1737860" data-attributes="member: 3424">Funny, I would have thought that roleplaying had nothing to do with character level. In standard D&D, challenges are supposed to scale with character level, but if the campaign reaches a stage where the PCs are the most powerful people around and have the ability to level armies, combat may lose some of its thrill. If anything, role-playing may become more important because combat isn't as enjoyable anymore.In any case, I don't see a dichotomy between combat and roleplaying. Not every non-combat scenario is a roleplaying scenario. Getting past a guard with a Bluff, Intimidate or Diplomacy check is not roleplaying. Solving a puzzle is not roleplaying. Deciding whether to go left or right at an intersection is not roleplaying. Using intution and intelligence, whether in a combat scenario or not, is not roleplaying.On the other hand, roleplaying can occur during combat. The orc-hating dwarf who attacks them in preference to all other opponents (even to the point of making tactical errors) is roleplaying. The chivalric paladin who will chooses to deal only nonlethal damage to women (even if it puts him at a disadvantage) is roleplaying.</blockquote>