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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ValhallaGH" data-source="post: 5609651" data-attributes="member: 41187">If the PCs are invulnerable - or at least immortal - then Combat is not a challenge.  It's flavor text.  Like walking the dog or working in the garden, it's something the character will succeed at, eventually, because nothing can stop them from pulling it off.Very few interesting things will ever happen in a fight.  The interesting things are all in the planning, the RP, and in dealing with the inevitable complications that arise in life.A game about immortal characters is a game about their plans, schemes, and goals.  It is not a game about their death-defying adventures.  Death-defying has no drama for them because they will always defy death.  Drama comes from facing difficult challenges - be those internal character issues, or external threats (financial, political, legal, and influence threats).  Combat can't kill these guys, so while a fight might be difficult for them to succeed at, unless there is a penalty for taking a long time, they will always succeed eventually - that means there is almost never any drama here.A game about immortals is a game about story and character.  Action has a place in that story, but it is a small place.  Even if the PCs use action to solve everything (which violence can do), the consequences give the GM a lot of room to bring in interesting story obstacles and chances for character development.Best of luck.</blockquote>