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In the "Adventure Background" introductions in the mods, some or even much of it could prove perfect in response to a player's Knowledge History/Etc. Check at the start of a new campaign -- about the local area, past history of a "curse" or key historical figures etc. I've seen other layout ideas similar to this, such as in RotRL when the text references back to the Adventure Background. But what about this:

From a Creative Direction standpoint, running a vertical shaded bar in the margin with "KNOWLEDGE HISTORY DC 20" etc. in a margin-based rectangle that is flush or offset from the justified text. It would only appear where knowledge could safely be shared. It would help the DM save time in prepping and assist in communicating with players who either request the check, or with DMs who want to divulge that knowledge.

Just a humble suggestion which has probably already been done before a million times and I am sure I will be quickly humbled by someone who knows far better than I. :)

My DM did an auto-fail rule on me for using a hammer and iron spike to chip around an icon/symbol of a god that was on a stone wall. I am a crafter/forger who works an anvil every day, and he said that since I'm not a mason there's ZERO chance that I could chip the stone wall carefully to remove the piece of stone that is bearing the icon.

Any thoughts? It created a lot of tension at the table when I thought it was simply silly that I couldn't chip the stone surface off an he basically ruled that I would need a "different" tool and that I would "need to be a mason" to be able to do this.

Thanks!

Sorry, I am sure this has been extensively talked about, but I rarely get online anymore, however I run 5 PF campaigns and one includes my high level D&D group that is still playing characters from 1st edition and are now level 33. I run it based on the Epic Level Handbook.

I love this Mythic thing, but it sounds like it's an alternate system that can run at lower levels. Nothing is mentioned about it being "good for running your 20th level plus characters"...

Can I have some opinions on if this is supposed to be an alternate to Epic? Or if not, any advice on how I can adapt it to Epic?

Thanks!