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This is my vision for convert Epic rules to Pathfinder, and I'm looking for feedback, so please let me know your advices, suggestion, and criticism.
This is an ongoing project, there are things that are not finished yet, like monsters. I like to have some external opinions before continuing.
I know the existence of Legendary Levels and Mythic Adventures but I don't have the same feeling with them that I have with Epic, also I don't think they are mutually exclusive.
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I have not hear of Legendary Levels.
Honestly you can just treat mythic tiers as epic levels.
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The main problem I had with the Epic Level Handbook is the design was lackluster. The classes were just boring versions of the existing classes and all they did was grant more of the same abilities. What was exciting at first level was not exciting at 21st. That is one of several things that I think Mythic Adventures does right and I agree that it might be easier to simply use mythic tiers as epic levels.
I'm not trying to knock your efforts because the numbers looks solid, I'm just knocking the source material.
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I have not hear of Legendary Levels.
Honestly you can just treat mythic tiers as epic levels.
In some way yes, mythic tiers can function as epic levels, but like I said they aren't mutually exclusive, one big difference is that in epic you keep gaining BAB, saves, HD, and skills, for some people that is preferable for others not. Also mythic introduce anew set of mechanics of a different form of leveling if you prefer.
The main problem I had with the Epic Level Handbook is the design was lackluster. The classes were just boring versions of the existing classes and all they did was grant more of the same abilities. What was exciting at first level was not exciting at 21st. That is one of several things that I think Mythic Adventures does right and I agree that it might be easier to simply use mythic tiers as epic levels.
I'm not trying to knock your efforts because the numbers looks solid, I'm just knocking the source material.
I totally understand your point and perhaps this isn't for you, just let me point something, keep gaining new abilities is very fun and exciting but also increase bookkeeping and the work for the GM. Epic at least how I see it is not about gaining new stuff but about improve and perfect what you already have, like I said different approaches that's all.
Just one last thing, the epic spell system was reworked to work with the standard spell system, also it offers something that I thought can solve some of the math problems of high level gaming.
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I think I see where you are coming from with this now. Form what you're saying you are not so much trying to emulate a different style of play so much as have a continuous scale of existing play in that level 21 is only marginally different that level 19 in the same way level 11 is only marginally different than level 9. I can dig that and in that case it looks like you are achieving what you are attempting quite well.
As far as epic vs mythic is concerned, I think people tend to look at epic as being a different style of play. Something grandiose and over the top and wholly different than even high-level play. The ELH didn't provide that change of tone, I felt, while MA does.
I shared something recently where I expanded out the XP tables to level 30 but instead of offering character levels beyond 20 I used mythic tiers. What I was attempting was a different animal than you are, however, and I was thinking it was the same intention when I first read this.