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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 5385091" data-attributes="member: 59082">If there is one thing that 4E did right it is that it kept the different tiers interesting and distinct. I speak more from anecdote and imaginative extrapolation as my group has yet to even dip into Paragon tier (we're at 10th level), but I'm exciting about the two tiers going forward and everything I've read points to a positive experience.The lack of support is problematic and something WotC should probably address with a DMG 3. But I disagree with the notion that Epic adventure ideas are rare and rather monolithic; in addition to what some have said, an Epic campaign could be focused on creating other worlds, uncovering deep truths, guiding the rise and fall of civilization, etc.I've designed my own campaign world somewhat unconsciously to have different regions more or less appropriate to different tiers. For example, there is a region behind a high mountain range called the Storm Lands that is wracked by terrible magical storms and filled with roaming gargantuan monsters ala the Tarrasque and dragons. The Storm Lands hold the key to many of the secrets of the world; if the PCs get to Epic tier, I will likely provide opportunities and incentive for them to go into it. It isn't a different plane in that it is set in the main world, but its laws are very different.I also like the idea of a single 30-level campaign bringing a given world to resolution, some kind of finality--some degree of apocalyptic, so that the next campaign would either be set many years in the future after the fall-out of the last campaign, or in an entirely different world. In that sense, Epic tier can be about climaxing the entire campaign setting - a great war, cataclysm, world-saving (or ending) battle or quest. The PCs become new gods for the next campaign, or mythic saviors (or destroyers) of the Old World.On the other hand, I see nothing wrong with ending a campaign at 20th level. Paragon characters are the true heroes of a world; Epic characters are extremely rare, living myths. Paragon characters are the celebrities of a given city or nation; Epic characters have transcended to the level of rulers or legendary heroes. A campaign could end when the characters get to Epic, because they are "off stage" now, no longer adventuring. Lots of different ways to configure this.</blockquote>

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