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By: Epic Level Encounter Design – Part 1: Cut the Fat — Dungeon's Master

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GenCon Resources for Players and DMs — Dungeon's Master — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:03:22 +0000

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By: Joost

Joost — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:43:27 +0000

those are valuable tips – especially Don’t hold back and Call the fight.
On my table, I perfer to let the ‘fun’ factore overrule the rulebook. If a player suggests an outrageous action, but everyone is laughing about the prospect it, imagining the poor creature at the receiving end, then rules don’t matter that much anymore. Hey, they’re epic. they are tough. they can bloody well bend the rules at level thirtysomething if they feel like it.
also, don’t hold back. really don’t. for the exact same reason: they WILL find an obscure defense somewhere and try to wriggle out of an obvious instant death.

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Hymn Collections For The Week of 12/7 « The Spirits of Eden — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:33:05 +0000

[...] Master talks about the 4e Epic Tier, with lots of good advice to keep you from getting bogged down. Me personally, I don’t like [...]

By: Wimwick

Wimwick — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:19:44 +0000

@ Mike Shea
Epic level is just that, epic. The sheer resources available to PCs truly re-energizes the game.

@ Youseph Tanha
Welcome to Dungeon’s Master, I’m glad you found the information usefull. If you enjoyed this article and are looking for more tips to helping you as a new DM, check out the DM Resources tab on the left side.

@ Arcade
Welcome to Dungeon’s Master. You’re 100% correct that many of the tips presented here are ones we recommend for other tiers. We do it for a reason as you’ve pointed out. I’m glad you enjoyed the article and I hope you continue to visit Dungeon’s Master.

By: Arcade

Arcade — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:48:58 +0000

Just jumped on your site recently and am loving it. Good article. What’s interesting is that these are the same tips that you use in all other tiers, but the increase in power makes these fundamentals that much more important and the benefits are more noticeable. Good way to really drive home those important points. Thanks!

By: Youseph Tanha

Youseph Tanha — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:59:35 +0000

As a new DM I found this post to be so helpful. Thank you very much. I have found that describing the battle; each blow, each hit in detail only adds to the excitement of a battle. You have written some good stuff and I am adding it to my DM Binder. Thank you.

By: Mike Shea

Mike Shea — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:12:13 +0000

Excellent article. My main group just hit epic level and yesterday was our first battle at the epic tier. They used an incredible array of powers to teleport-charge every round and inflict nearly 100 damage per player each round. Amazing stuff. I just let the monsters crumple. .-= Mike Shea´s last blog ..Ten Ways to Challenge Powerful Parties =-.