Sly Flourish's Running Epic Tier D&D Games

This book is written for Dungeon Masters planning to run epic tier Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition games. It assumes you€ve run a bunch of D&D 4th edition games at this point and have a firm understanding of the basics. You€ve prepped adventures, you€ve developed and ran a lot of encounters, you know the ins and outs of 4th Edition but ahead lurks the dark waters of the epic tier.

Maybe your campaign has finally reached past level 20 and you€re about to dive into the stories where the player characters (PCs) have power beyond that of mere mortals. Maybe you€ve always wanted to run some epic-level battles against the most dangerous opponents in the multi-verse. Maybe you want to run a couple of one-shots against the oldest dragons to fly the skies. If any of these situations are true, this book is for you.

Running epic tier D&D 4th edition games is very different from running games at the heroic or paragon tier. With the vast number of feats, powers, and items available by any single PC, some devastating combinations of powers will no doubt show up at your table. PCs can recover hit points without using healing surges. They can kill minions with no actions spent. They can paralyze and quickly slay just about any single monster, solo or not. Dealing with all of this while you run a great game is challenging and this book was written to help.

This short book is designed to help you run fun, challenging, and fantastic epic tier D&D games. We€ll talk about building awesome stories worthy of epic PCs. You€ll learn tricks to deal with the increase in PCs power above level 20. You€ll learn how to keep combat challenging without increasing the time it takes to run it.

This is not a book for beginners. If you€re looking for tips to help you build great D&D games at all tiers, take a look at Sly Flourish€s Dungeon Master Tips along with the Dungeon Master€s Guide, the Dungeon Master€s Guide 2, or the Dungeon Master€s Kit. If you have a handle on all of that, however, and are ready to take your PCs all the way to the top, look no further.