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<blockquote data-quote="maddman75" data-source="post: 859828" data-attributes="member: 2673">A high level group can have an epic journey if they aren't certian where they are supposed to be going!&nbsp; See Piratecat's story hour - his 17th-20th level group is on what could arguably be called an 'epic journey' through the underdark.&nbsp; So far they've seen a dwarven city, dwarven ruins, the ancient halls of a dwarf king, and an underground trading city.There's a saying about converting books to movies - you can't tell, you have to show.&nbsp; In a book, it works very well for one character to describe an epic battle to another.&nbsp; In a movie, we need to see it.I'd say that in a movie, it works very well to show epic landscapes and fanciful locations.&nbsp; In an RPG, the characters need to DO something with it.There's a huge, wild raging river - that the PCs must get across.There's a beautiful range of treacherous mountains - and the PCs must find a safe way to cross them.There's ancient crumbling ruins - whose mysteries the PCs must discover.The DM can't just desribe with the wonders they are seeing.&nbsp; They need to interact with it some way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="maddman75, post: 859828, member: 2673"] A high level group can have an epic journey if they aren't certian where they are supposed to be going! See Piratecat's story hour - his 17th-20th level group is on what could arguably be called an 'epic journey' through the underdark. So far they've seen a dwarven city, dwarven ruins, the ancient halls of a dwarf king, and an underground trading city. There's a saying about converting books to movies - you can't tell, you have to show. In a book, it works very well for one character to describe an epic battle to another. In a movie, we need to see it. I'd say that in a movie, it works very well to show epic landscapes and fanciful locations. In an RPG, the characters need to DO something with it. There's a huge, wild raging river - that the PCs must get across. There's a beautiful range of treacherous mountains - and the PCs must find a safe way to cross them. There's ancient crumbling ruins - whose mysteries the PCs must discover. The DM can't just desribe with the wonders they are seeing. They need to interact with it some way. [/QUOTE]

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