Making High Level Campaigns Work

[El Borak]

Most high level campaigns are Munchkins meet Monty Haul type campaigns were the foulest of players and the foulest of DMs are brought together in one game.

But how do you run legit High Level Characters in a Campaign as the referee and make it work. Here are a few of my thoughts.

1. More problem solving and social interactions
2. Diplomacy
3. The Domain Game is more involved
4. Politics with the royalty and nobility of the realm
5. Quit nerfing your monsters, everything should be Tuckerized from the Kobalds to the Beholders to the Dragons
6. Set hard power caps, so that regardless of level, no one has to borrow a cape from Superman or from Dr Strange
7. Remember test the player, not the character
8. DO NOT fudge die rolls, let the dice fall as they may, read them and weep
9. High Level Characters have friends (maybe) and enemies (definitely)
10. The Bad Guys always cheat

[simrion]

Mar 15, 2023 17:20:20 GMT -5 El Borak said:

Most high level campaigns are Munchkins meet Monty Haul type campaigns were the foulest of players and the foulest of DMs are brought together in one game.

But how do you run legit High Level Characters in a Campaign as the referee and make it work. Here are a few of my thoughts.

1. More problem solving and social interactions
2. Diplomacy
3. The Domain Game is more involved
4. Politics with the royalty and nobility of the realm
5. Quit nerfing your monsters, everything should be Tuckerized from the Kobalds to the Beholders to the Dragons
6. Set hard power caps, so that regardless of level, no one has to borrow a cape from Superman or from Dr Strange
7. Remember test the player, not the character
8. DO NOT fudge die rolls, let the dice fall as they may, read them and weep
9. High Level Characters have friends (maybe) and enemies (definitely)
10. The Bad Guys always cheat

I had a group spend an evening of gaming drafting a "party constitution" around division of treasure as some players were very much invested in the dominion aspect of high level play. A fighter lobbied against party MUs for a spell book so he could attract an NPC spell caster. It was glorious!

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

Mar 15, 2023 17:20:20 GMT -5 El Borak said:

Most high level campaigns are Munchkins meet Monty Haul type campaigns were the foulest of players and the foulest of DMs are brought together in one game.

But how do you run legit High Level Characters in a Campaign as the referee and make it work. Here are a few of my thoughts.

1. More problem solving and social interactions
2. Diplomacy
3. The Domain Game is more involved
4. Politics with the royalty and nobility of the realm
5. Quit nerfing your monsters, everything should be Tuckerized from the Kobalds to the Beholders to the Dragons
6. Set hard power caps, so that regardless of level, no one has to borrow a cape from Superman or from Dr Strange
7. Remember test the player, not the character
8. DO NOT fudge die rolls, let the dice fall as they may, read them and weep
9. High Level Characters have friends (maybe) and enemies (definitely)
10. The Bad Guys always cheat

Spot on!