What are people doing with the epic handbook?

[The Serge]

We have three boards dedicated to Epic Level D&D Discussion, Epic Material, and Gods and Cosmic Entities at Dicefreaks. Each of these boards focus on rules debates, bridging divine and epic gaps, templates, monsters, and character generation. Collaboration is the name of the game.

As for storyhours, we have three Free Form Good and Evil threads in our members only boards that revolve around epic characters and monsters. Of course, you'd have to join in order to participate, although if anyone's interested, I'd be happy to post a small blurb.

In any case, this all assumes that you're interested in looking beyond the wonderful stuff here at EN World.

 

[Piratecat]

Sep's Story Hour is epic now.

So is The Jester's... he just ran his group through an epic version of Return to the Tomb of Horrors. Too cool.

I'm mostly using my ELH as a drink coaster. I mine it regularly for ideas, but I don't think I'd fully implement the rules in there. Some of the feat prereqs and skill DCs are too high for my taste. I house rule as needed.

EDIT - whoops! Jester already posted.

 

[johnsemlak]

Some new books, like XPH and some third party books, have included things like epic progressions. (I forget which book it was I saw that had epic progressions in it but I think it was a GR book.)

Dunno about the GR book but the thread on the S&SS Advanced Playter's Guide says it has character progression from 1-30.

 

[Shemeska]

Well, my campaign started at level 10 and is currently sitting at around level 22 or 23. To date, most people have ignored most of the epic material except to use the rules fo BAB and save progression after level 20. Very few epic feats taken, no epic spells cast (even by the wizard/archmage who could if he wanted).

I've largely ignored the book and never used it even on those NPC's who do (and some who VERY MUCH DO) qualify as epic level NPCs. I've never used the epic monsters in there either, simply preferring to make my own and not bind myself to the rules in the book. Also, the city/demiplane of Union singlehandedly put me off the book in its, IMHO, blatant attempt to replace Sigil, have the perks of Sigil, all while lacking the depth and atmosphere of Sigil and not providing any reason it hadn't been overrun by fiends or warring deities yet (Sigil having Her Serenity to prevent that).

 

[Desdichado]

<Pssstt!> Shemeska! Your bias is showing again!

Although I'd agree that Union is a pretty bland "setting" for adventures.

 

[Shemeska]

<Pssstt!> Shemeska! Your bias is showing again!

Although I'd agree that Union is a pretty bland "setting" for adventures.

Just a bit. But I come by it naturally! *Yugolothy smile*

 

[francisca]

I bought a copy.

It sat.

Sat some more.

Moved it to a box.


Sold it on e-bay 2 months later.

 

[Ghostwind]

Use it for the feats and epic prestige classes. Got a character with a full 10 levels of Dreadnought that is just downright scary (along with his other 35 levels of classes).

 

[CRGreathouse]

I ran a campaign from level 3 to lower epic levels and used epic rules. That camapign's effectively ended (haven't played it for months) in a stalemate for the PCs. In my current campaign the characters are still working their way toward epic levels, so I won't use much from it until they hit about 15th-17th levels. I do design epic NPCs, of course.

Also, I write a fair bit of epic material -- epic feats and prestige classes as the mainstays. At least one of my epic prestige classes is on our House Rules forum (the Knight Paramount).

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

What are people doing with the epic handbook?

Dusting it once a month or so.

But I just started playing in a campaign where we started at 20th level, so it will get some use (if we don't all die).