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<blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 5070883" data-attributes="member: 6562">This is pretty much what I was going to say. Monster role types change as you level up, but the monster level itself remains near the PC's level.For example, orc barbarians:
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> PCs are level 1-5, a raging orc barbarian is a L4 Elite Skirmisher</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> PCs are level 6-10, a raging orc barbarian is a L7 Skirmisher</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> PCs are level 11-15, a raging orc barbarian is a L12 Minion (based off a Skirmisher)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> PCs are level 16-20, a raging orc barbarian never appears alone, but may appear in a huge swarm or hostile terrain feature, representing really quite a lot of orcs in formation</li>
</ul>You go from fighting one HELLA TOUGH raging barbarian to swatting them like flies -- an effective exponential power increase -- but not because your damage expression becomes exponentially larger. Rather, your damage increases linearly, but your opponents lose HP as their defenses increase. You should get the effect of exponential power, yet fights should remain interesting challenges.Cheers, -- N</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nifft, post: 5070883, member: 6562"] This is pretty much what I was going to say. Monster [b]role types[/b] change as you level up, but the monster level itself remains near the PC's level. For example, orc barbarians: [list] [*] PCs are level 1-5, a raging orc barbarian is a L4 Elite Skirmisher [*] PCs are level 6-10, a raging orc barbarian is a L7 Skirmisher [*] PCs are level 11-15, a raging orc barbarian is a L12 Minion (based off a Skirmisher) [*] PCs are level 16-20, a raging orc barbarian never appears alone, but may appear in a huge swarm or hostile terrain feature, representing really quite a lot of orcs in formation [/list] You go from fighting one HELLA TOUGH raging barbarian to swatting them like flies -- an effective exponential power increase -- but not because your damage expression becomes exponentially larger. Rather, your damage increases linearly, but your opponents lose HP as their defenses increase. You should get the effect of exponential power, yet fights should remain interesting challenges. Cheers, -- N [/QUOTE]

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