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<blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 927724" data-attributes="member: 3146">Re: Not deliberately tring to create Super Characters....Honest !!!!IME (I did the same thing and started my campaign at 36 point buy because I wanted to get the kind of stats I was used to in 2e), 36 points is still equivalent to +1 ECL. And, although you can tweak the campaign encounters according to the PCs' strength, doing so will probably make for a more deadly and less forgiving campaign than a lower point buy would. The reason for this is that, like ECL races, high stat characters tend to have significantly more offense than is normal for their level but only slightly more defense. So, tweaking encounters to deal with the PCs' offense gives the bad guys a much higher offense (if you use higher CR creatures) or many more hacks at them (if you just increase hit points or use more creatures). Either way, it's probably fine when the dice favor the PCs or are average, but if luck abandons the PCs, heads will roll much more quickly than they would in a non-toned up campaign.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elder-Basilisk, post: 927724, member: 3146"] [b]Re: Not deliberately tring to create Super Characters....Honest !!!![/b] IME (I did the same thing and started my campaign at 36 point buy because I wanted to get the kind of stats I was used to in 2e), 36 points is still equivalent to +1 ECL. And, although you can tweak the campaign encounters according to the PCs' strength, doing so will probably make for a more deadly and less forgiving campaign than a lower point buy would. The reason for this is that, like ECL races, high stat characters tend to have significantly more offense than is normal for their level but only slightly more defense. So, tweaking encounters to deal with the PCs' offense gives the bad guys a much higher offense (if you use higher CR creatures) or many more hacks at them (if you just increase hit points or use more creatures). Either way, it's probably fine when the dice favor the PCs or are average, but if luck abandons the PCs, heads will roll much more quickly than they would in a non-toned up campaign. [/QUOTE]

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