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<blockquote data-quote="dmchucky" data-source="post: 3411117" data-attributes="member: 16177"><p><strong>I prefer high level!</strong></p><p></p><p>I have been DMing for almost 30 years, and I prefer high level (especially Epic Level). As a DM it's very empowering because you can take off the kid gloves so to speak. You don't have to worry about killing most of the party as long as a cleric or rogue with a high UMD are still alive. So restarts are rare. Plus, I love statting out monsters and NPC's, and advancing monsters with HD, templates and class levels. It almost becomes a chess match with the DM versus the players.</p><p></p><p>As a player, I love the options that are available to you. I prefer to play wizards; and who hasn't looked at the 8th and 9th level spells with a sense of longing. You wonder how many gaming sessions before those mighty magics are at your disposal. It's the beginning of the end game. You are on the other side of that chess match. You map out your levels even more carefully, so you won't have to waste epic feat slots with non-epic feats. You finally see many of your expectations come to fruition. Yeah, the battles last longer; that's the sweet part. You get to feel what real power might feel like. You could become a General, a King or better yet, a godling (oh my....)</p><p></p><p>To me, what's the point of starting over again at 12th level; things are just starting to get good.</p><p></p><p>Obviously, this is all my opinion. But my group of 6 players (one of whom is a moderator at ENWorld I might add) seems to dig the high level stuff. We have a gestalt Age of Worms game that we play when we are too many players short or perhaps when we need a break from the high-level stuff (which hasn't happened yet, I might add). Perhaps that is the answer.</p><p></p><p>Remember, you have to cast <em>maze</em> at least once!</p><p></p><p>Chuck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dmchucky, post: 3411117, member: 16177"] [b]I prefer high level![/b] I have been DMing for almost 30 years, and I prefer high level (especially Epic Level). As a DM it's very empowering because you can take off the kid gloves so to speak. You don't have to worry about killing most of the party as long as a cleric or rogue with a high UMD are still alive. So restarts are rare. Plus, I love statting out monsters and NPC's, and advancing monsters with HD, templates and class levels. It almost becomes a chess match with the DM versus the players. As a player, I love the options that are available to you. I prefer to play wizards; and who hasn't looked at the 8th and 9th level spells with a sense of longing. You wonder how many gaming sessions before those mighty magics are at your disposal. It's the beginning of the end game. You are on the other side of that chess match. You map out your levels even more carefully, so you won't have to waste epic feat slots with non-epic feats. You finally see many of your expectations come to fruition. Yeah, the battles last longer; that's the sweet part. You get to feel what real power might feel like. You could become a General, a King or better yet, a godling (oh my....) To me, what's the point of starting over again at 12th level; things are just starting to get good. Obviously, this is all my opinion. But my group of 6 players (one of whom is a moderator at ENWorld I might add) seems to dig the high level stuff. We have a gestalt Age of Worms game that we play when we are too many players short or perhaps when we need a break from the high-level stuff (which hasn't happened yet, I might add). Perhaps that is the answer. Remember, you have to cast [I]maze[/I] at least once! Chuck [/QUOTE]
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