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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 4142584" data-attributes="member: 58197">With regard to the monsters question, there are three types of monsters to consider.First are the low-end monsters, the kobolds and the dire rats and the like.  These are not a big issue; they're basically nuisances like real-world animals.  They may sometimes attack outlying farms, but when the town militia shows up they flee, or else they die.Second are the middling monsters.  These are creatures powerful enough that they can potentially destroy a town, but not without risking destruction themselves.  Examples would include orc and hobgoblin tribes, dire bears, individual giants, young dragons (maybe), and so forth.  I would expect a wary truce most of the time with these guys.  After all, even if you only have a 25-30% chance to die when attacking a village, the gain is seldom enough to justify the risk.  The village militia keep their spears sharp and their eyes keen, and the monsters mostly content themselves with picking off unwary travellers.Third are the big monsters, the real horrors that can smash a town, more or less with impunity--older dragons, giant clans, and such.  I expect these to be fairly rare.  Moreover, even a big monster is likely to be a little cautious due to the existence of PC-classed heroes.  Think of it from the monster's point of view.  There's no way to know for sure if that fellow with the sword is just a militiaman who inherited a good weapon from his grandfather, or a 20th-level fighter who'll carve you into itty bitty pieces.  Big monsters will devour the occasional point of light when they feel so inclined, but most won't go on rampages for no good reason.Keep in mind that the power curve is much less steep than in 3E, and DR appears to have been drastically reduced.  I suspect that a numerous, well-organized human militia, defending its home turf, will be able to pose a threat to monsters well into Paragon tier.  And a lot of the biggest monsters will be extraplanar anyhow.</blockquote>

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