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Message: <blockquote data-quote="D'karr" data-source="post: 6616849" data-attributes="member: 336">I disagree with the game finishing at 20, but that is just a matter of preference.  That is if I'm understanding correctly your use of apotheosis as the completion of the character's (group's) destiny quest.  I would simply have made Epic a 3 or 5 level progression instead of 10 levels (levels 21-25 are Epic, for example).  10 levels is hard to fill out, and Epic can drag if not enough is happening, IMO.I do agree with the removal of cruft - powers and feats.  The idea of swapping powers was one that made little sense, though mechanically it was understandable why.  Powers should simply scale better or have gradients with level.  Redundant feats, should be culled, and more feats should be generalized so that they don't have stupid restrictions and can be shared instead of creating similar feats twice or more.  On the other hand feats could have also been made to have more versatility so that they grow with the character.  So a feat you pick at level 3, has more effects at level 8, etc.  At level 8 you choose the new effects, or pick another feat.  Things like that.Totally agree on the use of the disease track.  I've done this extensively to great effect in my game.  Rituals on the other hand I'm a bit on the fence on.  That is one area of the game that could really have broken entirely with the base framework and I would not have even batted an eye on.  I think that one of their weaknesses is that they tried to standardize this area too much.  This more than anything is what creates the whacky costs and other weirdness.  I could have seen these become the "high magic" component of the game.  Rain of Colorless Fire, a ritual - cost unknown/undefined.Magic Items I can see the reason within the design space, so I'm not extremely bothered by them.  For example the items in Mord's Mag Emp are more interesting than those before, but I can see design space for the wide range.  With 4e I liked that they really made it so Magic Items could completely be an optional thing by using the Inherent Bonus.How would you have corrected/improved what you mention about tactical insufficiency, which I'm not totally understanding?</blockquote>

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