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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2763473" data-attributes="member: 707">I voted 'Other.'For me, a game becomes "epic" when the characters start performing actions and becoming heroes that are the stuff of greatness.For example, the game I currently play became epic at 12th-level, when my PC completed the Trials of Antagon, and earned a place among the Paladins of Antagon.  At his investiture, to the shock and dismay of many of the assembled Paladin Lords, the High Priest declared my PC the tenth Illuminated Knight of Pelor, and an angel appeared a moment later to verify his words to the protesting assemblage.Recently we've defeated an ancient lich-wizard that used the perverted souls of elves to fuel its power.  Another party member received an axe crafted from the blood of his friends and his enemies, and consecrated by the life force of the ancient and powerful Sea Hag, and with it slew the Warlord of the orc-nation and claimed that title for himself (he is himself an orc.)We are epic individuals.  In future generations, children will beg traveling bards for stories of Lord Nathan of the White Griffons and his celestial sword, Retribution.  Of Crimthann the Fetching, first Warlord of the new Akane Empire.  Of Jiffimore, the daughter of the forest who planted a sapling from the World Tree after the Red Queen had destroyed it.  Of Georgraphy, Orc-Husband and Bearer of Elbe the Hart Bow.We're only level 13 now, so we have seven more levels of epic play to enjoy.  In my experience, I've found that epic play is difficult to achieve at the very low levels.  But once you reach the mid-levels, you have enough mechanical power to fuel truly epic storytelling.For me, that's the fun of getting to those levels. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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