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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jordan" data-source="post: 177279" data-attributes="member: 3362">This is also a concept that's well grounded in fantasy storytelling. Picture Heklor Bloodaxe, legendary barbarian who's killed the Great Hydra of the Marshes and the Dragon Lord of the Thunderstrike Mountains staring down a half-dozen castle guards who likely have never seen combat outside of a practice room. Why should he be afraid of these people? He knows he could kill three of them before any of them could get a shot off, two of them are shaking so badly there's no way they'll hit him, and the one bolt that might strike home will bounce harmlessly off his dragonhide armor.I don't understand DMs who think that high-level characters should still be threatened by low-level enemies. How much fun is that? If you can still get killed by a common, everyday guard, what's the point of leveling up? If high-level characters still have to cower in fear every time Joe Schmoe points a crossbow at them, where's the fun in that? As a DM, you have plenty of ways to challenge a character like Heklor Bloodaxe, but you're going to have to be a bit more imaginative than a half-dozen castle guards to do it.</blockquote>