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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 5591395" data-attributes="member: 10177">Good tables take levels into account. Even so I still love me the old 1E DMG generation tables. Some of the best games came from the party getting a uber powerful item, twice they even got a artifact/relic.The hardest for to adjust to was the 8th level party getting the Staff of the Magi. It got to the point where I pulled in this Uber NPC I occassionally use, usually when gear is making the game too unwiledy to run, like this occasion. I played up how he was obviously a great mage, crackling with raw power, etc... and I had him say, "I'm only going to make you this offer one time. I'll give you 75,000 GP for that Staff of the Magi you have. If you don't accept, I'll send messages to every evil magi I know of, and tell them you have it, and where you are."In less then 15 seconds they accepted the offer, and their eyes bugging out had me laughing! One told me later all he could think of was Zaumig coming after them (a lich whose mechinations and history they had discovered much about, and would one day become their main adversary for a time), and how his character would end up a skeleton or zombie in Zaumig's undead army.Anyways, after I got over laughing at their facial expressions I had this NPC tell them, "When you think your powerful enough to take this from me, seek me out, and I'll sell it back to you at the same price, but not necessarily the same condition." and had him teleport away.My game was much easier to run again.</blockquote>

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