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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8869374" data-attributes="member: 6987520">It isn't a problem at all, unless it is in your view point? <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" title="Man shrugging    :man_shrugging:" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />"Heroes of the Realm" might have a 300' wide chasm to traverse in order to head of an advance party of an army that threatens a city or even a kingdom. Time is of the essence and they are 7th level. Hours matter, if not minutes. So, will climbing down, crossing, and climbing up, which wastes such valuable time be done? Not by the Wizard who casts dimension door, leaving most of the party behind. The fighter, rogue, etc. don't have the time to go around the chasm, which could take most of a day, so they must risk a fast and perilous climb as the chasm is 200 feet deep or more, hoping they can make it in time.That is how tier 2 characters might have to deal with a "tier one environment" --- as you call it.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> LOL they aren't "Super Heroes" until tier 4. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />But yes, magic (not solely wizards) is a problem when you have martials classes, which 5E has designed to be fairly mundane in many ways, who have to face a "mundane" challenge in a scenario where it becomes all but impossible for them--but not for the caster/wizard.So, blaming the DM (as you seem to be doing) is not the right approach. Balancing the game in more meaningful ways is better IMNSHO. You can either "magic-up" martials to the point they can do things akin to magic, or nerf magic to the point that it isn't a viable "be-all-end-all" for challenges.True, it is design for "medium" magic, but not across the board. It is low magic in tier 1, medium magic in tier 2, high magic in tier 3, and god/super-hero magic in tier 4. Meanwhile, non-casters basically drop off at tier 2 and flatline for the most part. Their power-levels do not advance at anywhere near the same rate as casters overall due to the magic casters have.My preference (as stated before) is too scale down magic to the level where at worst medium magic happens. This allows martials in tier 2 to remain equal, and both types to advance in power more at a rate to my liking. Why do you think most games stop at 10th level or around there? Sure, interest wains, but many DMs IME don't want super-ultra-uber-fantastic-adventures with PCs who can literally alter reality. YMMV, of course...So, easy solution: stop class advancement around 10th level. Allow PCs to gain feats or other perks as they continue to adventure, but nothing to the point of what I call "high magic" (6th+ level spells).Slightly more complex solution: stop class advancement around 15th (so PCs can still handle threats like beholders, liches, and perhaps even an ancient dragon with proper numbers/support), but slow down spells so they hit 5th level spells around 12-13 level.Yeah, I completely disagree with that, but it isn't worth arguing about. You do you. <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=":)" />As I am not Tolkien or Jackson, I couldn't tell you. Perhaps Strider has undead as a favored enemy and knows the Ringwraiths can be repelled by courage, shown when he boldly advances on them, swinging the fire simply so he can see them more clearly?Sauron might have seen them coming and prepared for them? Remember they were trying to be secretive about their mission??? Flying over lands for leagues and leagues might just give them away. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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