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Message: <blockquote data-quote="robertliguori" data-source="post: 3960903" data-attributes="member: 47776">Great Wyrm dragons, renowned for their arcane prowess, cap out as 19th level casters.Humans that choose the path of sorceror cap out at 20th level.I think the fact that the peasants from unnamed village #832 can eventually warp reality with a word, sneak up on a beholder and stab it in the central eye, smash through iron walls with a head-butt, or survive a brief dip in lava, and can do all of that with just your inborn talent is a feature, not a bug.  I like the fact that by about 8th level, your capacities, limits, and expected challenges have more to do with myth and folklore and less to do with what is physically possible.I like the looting.  I know that the game mechanics of it are hellish, but I like the paradigm of beating someone up, taking their stuff, and using it to beat up more people.I like the unification of the system, and the fact that the PCs can start their own stronghold and defend it against aggressors, if they want a change of pace.  I like the paradigm of offering (at least theoretically) every power available for the forces of evil to the forces of good.Finally, I like the general lack of singular solutions.  Extremely rare is the threat which requires a single method of attack; you can sneak by, or convince allies to investigate, or fool an enemy into thinking that your other enemies are working with you, or even just show up and start blasting.  When Nar the Advanced Balor, herald of the end times shows up in your campaign world, you can challenge him with the legendary Holy Avenger sword, won after many hard-fought battles...or you can simply beat him to death, because regardless of his importance to the campaign world, he is a creature composed of hit points, and if you are a creature of similar power level, you can defeat him not because the plot was on your side, but because you fought and won.</blockquote>

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