#epic level

lf you’ve been here long enough, you may remember 10 months ago when I posted the first of what I promised would be a series of epic level options. The first, which can find HERE, was just as much about world building as it was giving my players options since it helped flesh out the idea of divine avatars and how they function within Vallonde but, while that was good and provided some generic options for epic level play, I want to create some more specific choices that allow for a wider amount of player expression, so...expect more I guess? 

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As always, questions and comments are more than welcome. I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Here are a few ways to make your high leveled tier 4 game as epic as possible! (Blog post on link)

Alright, I went ahead and took the time to flesh out the concept I made made yesterday. What you’re seeing is pretty much a class that can only be taken once a character has reached 21st level. I think this is how I want to handle epic levels in the setting, and I’ll be making epic level feats and maybe other stuff to go along with it. There will be plenty more of these coming in the future, from more avatars to other paths past 20th level, so if you have a suggestion on what you’d like to see then I’d love to hear it!

This is the final version of what I posted yesterday so that should be considered obsolete as a rough draft.

Anyway, as always questions and comments are welcome. I’d love to hear your thoughts.

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