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<blockquote data-quote="d20Dwarf" data-source="post: 2607969" data-attributes="member: 314">I chose not to use the word &quot;epic&quot; in the title so as not to confuse &quot;epic levels&quot; of D&amp;D with what I'm talking about. Because really, the Epic Level Handbook seems to have been designed from &quot;how do we extrapolate 1-20 to higher levels&quot; rather than the query that starts this thread.I haven't seen a ruleset out there that tackles the question from the perspective of the legendary character, which is, in the end, the only question that matters to the player of such a character. &quot;I can swim up a waterfall and tumble over clouds&quot; isn't a real satisfying answer in my opinion...as I said, these are merely extrapolations.I tried to address this question in the Dawnforge mechanics, but was constrained by the need to present the answer within the 1-20 paradigm and to appeal to the balance wonks and system nuts (I count myself among this number, but not exclusively). I think it's a fair job.But what would I do if I was creating a truly legendary OGL system for characters like Conan, Elric, and Druss? I may very well find out soon, or we might just get an interesting thread out of it. So again, I pose the central question:What should legendary characters be able to do?And a secondary question, if you feel inclined to answer:What should legendary characters do? What adventures can they undertake? (Living in a city where everyone is high level and slaying advanced dragons and 3,000 hp beetles is an extrapolation...let's avoid those. <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="d20Dwarf, post: 2607969, member: 314"] I chose not to use the word "epic" in the title so as not to confuse "epic levels" of D&D with what I'm talking about. Because really, the Epic Level Handbook seems to have been designed from "how do we extrapolate 1-20 to higher levels" rather than the query that starts this thread. I haven't seen a ruleset out there that tackles the question from the perspective of the legendary character, which is, in the end, the only question that matters to the player of such a character. "I can swim up a waterfall and tumble over clouds" isn't a real satisfying answer in my opinion...as I said, these are merely extrapolations. I tried to address this question in the Dawnforge mechanics, but was constrained by the need to present the answer within the 1-20 paradigm and to appeal to the balance wonks and system nuts (I count myself among this number, but not exclusively). I think it's a fair job. But what would I do if I was creating a truly legendary OGL system for characters like Conan, Elric, and Druss? I may very well find out soon, or we might just get an interesting thread out of it. So again, I pose the central question: What should legendary characters [b]be able[/b] to do? And a secondary question, if you feel inclined to answer: [b]What[/b] should legendary characters do? What adventures can they undertake? (Living in a city where everyone is high level and slaying advanced dragons and 3,000 hp beetles is an extrapolation...let's avoid those. :) ). [/QUOTE]

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