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<blockquote data-quote="Falcon" data-source="post: 233178" data-attributes="member: 1056">Every measure has a counter-measure, and the more you act, the more you are known.Like the Roman Empire. Hello SHARK? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />The constraints in epic level play revolve around the notions that you are responsible for your use of power, and that others of your level will be alerted to your use of power, and be better to ascertain how to counter your objectives.That to me is epic level--able to enact one's will on the world, but knowing that in doing so, one will attract the attention of others similar in might who may not agree with you, and through their knowledge gleaned from your actions, fashion an effective way to counter your abilities and power.&nbsp; All, of course, in the context of their own fear of realizing that one false move could reveal themselve.Not everyone is the Loki/Coyote and Zeus/Great Spirit Dichotomy.Think Renaissance Italy, the Shoganates of Japan, the Roman Senate, and the cusp of the Persian, Roman, and Greek Empires at those levels.&nbsp; What a mess, depending on others for intelligence, for fear of exposing oneself too far, full well realizing that you could cause a whole big bunch of problems, if you had to, but with consequences.That, to me, is epic level.&nbsp; Not the escalation of damage; rather the escalation of complexity and responsibility.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Falcon, post: 233178, member: 1056"] Every measure has a counter-measure, and the more you act, the more you are known. Like the Roman Empire. Hello SHARK? :D The constraints in epic level play revolve around the notions that you are responsible for your use of power, and that others of your level will be alerted to your use of power, and be better to ascertain how to counter your objectives. That to me is epic level--able to enact one's will on the world, but knowing that in doing so, one will attract the attention of others similar in might who may not agree with you, and through their knowledge gleaned from your actions, fashion an effective way to counter your abilities and power. All, of course, in the context of their own fear of realizing that one false move could reveal themselve. Not everyone is the Loki/Coyote and Zeus/Great Spirit Dichotomy. Think Renaissance Italy, the Shoganates of Japan, the Roman Senate, and the cusp of the Persian, Roman, and Greek Empires at those levels. What a mess, depending on others for intelligence, for fear of exposing oneself too far, full well realizing that you could cause a whole big bunch of problems, if you had to, but with consequences. That, to me, is epic level. Not the escalation of damage; rather the escalation of complexity and responsibility. [/QUOTE]

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