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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Drakmar" data-source="post: 182253" data-attributes="member: 1318">in a high level campaign i played inthe game was using Rolemaster Standard Rules.. with a few tweaks.. now.. I was by the end a 34th level Wizard  (um.. not sure what how that would translate to D&D... ).. now at that level Terran did not run about hunting monsters.. usually any monsters that did come his way died in about 2 rnds.. either by his hand or one of his 30 bodyguards. (he was a wee bit paranoid).. now..at this power level what did he do?.. well.. he overthrew a king.. started his own kingdom on a barren island that he terraformed.. and basically completely changed the political landscape in his region.. (affecting an empire and a kingdom.. and now his new kingdom)... how did he do this? Not by his sheer power (which he did have.. but I worked my way up there from 1st level.. and which he used to terraform)..but by over the course of 26 years of game time making contacts and making himself a hero of the people.. so when the Kingdom of Jareth marched on his new Kingdom of Magic, he enlisted the aid of the Emperor of Samarkad and then with a speach to the armies that we facing off, he manage to get about 1/3rd (20,000) soldiers to defect..another 1/3rd to run away.. and the rest just dug in and waiting...while their king ran away.. It was fun.. the last game session involved Terran transforming himself into a Magedrake.. giving him imense power.. hower since that was his goal at first level it did seem.. appropriate...now.. it may sound that I was powergaming.. or a munchkin.. and heck.. I did make Terran a Magical Prodigy...and he was extremely powerful as a Wizard.. but the true impact he had on the region was not because of his power as a mage.. but the repurcussions of his friendships and who he pissed off... (and usually destroyed or rendered... no longer a threat)I should write up that game sometime.my point is.. after all of that rambling.. is that yes.. at high level you are POWERFUL...yup.. nation destroying even.. but hey.. why fight a dragon (which he did) when you can overthrow governments and fight undead armies and become avatars of various Gods.  The game involved a heck of a lot of RolePlaying..  evenwhen he died.. went to the afterlife.. and negotiated with the God of Magic to be brought back to life.  At a price.loved that game.  I would soooooo like to see the lanscape in 500 yrs game time.</blockquote>

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