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<blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 4004403" data-attributes="member: 326"><p>Howdy Anabstercorian dude! <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=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not to mention lower numbers all round (Time Lords will be in around level 100 I envision).</p><p></p><p>I have been giving some thought to what these beings should and shouldn't be able to do in relation to the "what constitutes a world threat" in D&D.</p><p></p><p>If a 30th+ level Monster can threaten all life on a planet then a 60th+ level monster (in a 4E where 60 is the most powerful Greater God) should be able to threaten a galaxy and 90th+ a universe.</p><p></p><p>But you then imagine that if you can threaten a galaxy you could probably physically obliterate a planet (as per the Star Wars Empire) either through personal power or tech or somesuch.</p><p></p><p>So if you can destroy a planet then your peers must be tougher than planets to destroy, and thats something you have to represent in the mechanics. The trick being of course not to make each subsequent level too much better than the last to maintain interaction.</p><p></p><p>It remains to be seen how easy it will be to go from 4E's 30th-level to planet destroying power. Its possible that sort of power may only be available (at 60th-level or thereabouts) through Rituals or similar. Remembering that the Suel-Baklunish war on Oerth had both sides unleashing magical conflagrations akin to a Nuclear War. The Invoked Devastation and the Rain of Colourless Fire respectively.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Upper_Krust, post: 4004403, member: 326"] Howdy Anabstercorian dude! :) Not to mention lower numbers all round (Time Lords will be in around level 100 I envision). I have been giving some thought to what these beings should and shouldn't be able to do in relation to the "what constitutes a world threat" in D&D. If a 30th+ level Monster can threaten all life on a planet then a 60th+ level monster (in a 4E where 60 is the most powerful Greater God) should be able to threaten a galaxy and 90th+ a universe. But you then imagine that if you can threaten a galaxy you could probably physically obliterate a planet (as per the Star Wars Empire) either through personal power or tech or somesuch. So if you can destroy a planet then your peers must be tougher than planets to destroy, and thats something you have to represent in the mechanics. The trick being of course not to make each subsequent level too much better than the last to maintain interaction. It remains to be seen how easy it will be to go from 4E's 30th-level to planet destroying power. Its possible that sort of power may only be available (at 60th-level or thereabouts) through Rituals or similar. Remembering that the Suel-Baklunish war on Oerth had both sides unleashing magical conflagrations akin to a Nuclear War. The Invoked Devastation and the Rain of Colourless Fire respectively. [/QUOTE]
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