How do I run an Epic Level campaign in Pathfinder?

[MonkeySage]

I am not a fan of Mythic Adventures, and I've tried using it in the past to disastrous results. I've always preferred the Epic Level content of D&D 3e and 3.5e, despite their many flaws. But I've looked at the Epic Pathfinder PDF, and I find it very unsatisfying. I suppose I'm trying to figure out how to implement the old rules, those presented in the old SRD for example. I feel like those would be a better fit not only for my campaign but also for my setting overall.

[ColorBlindNinja]

Epic is very broken. The gap between mundanes and spellcasters widens even more, doubly so with Epic Spellcasting.

The monsters CR design is a mess and the feats are horribly unbalanced.

There's a reason few people play epic.

:smallfrown:

[MonkeySage]

I've heard all that before. If it bothered me, I wouldn't ask how to run an Epic Level campaign in Pathfinder. As for Epic Spellcasting: I actually like the idea of spells that are more powerful than Wish. I like the idea of 10th level spells, and I've already established that that kind of magic has been used before within my setting. I hate mythic spellcasting because it just feels like metamagic.

Monster CR is already a misleading mess in pathfinder, and planning an encounter based solely on CR is a recipe for a bad time, especially at higher levels.

[ColorBlindNinja]

I've heard all that before. If it bothered me, I wouldn't ask how to run an Epic Level campaign in Pathfinder. As for Epic Spellcasting: I actually like the idea of spells that are more powerful than Wish. I like the idea of 10th level spells, and I've already established that that kind of magic has been used before within my setting. I hate mythic spellcasting because it just feels like metamagic.

Monster CR is already a misleading mess in pathfinder, and planning an encounter based solely on CR is a recipe for a bad time, especially at higher levels.

Alright.

I think you could use a lot of the epic content as is. The monsters might be an issue, because I believe that Pathfinder uses different rules for monster statblocks.

[noob]

There is a homebrew about making epic levels for pathfinder that had some quite cool stuff such as instead of epic spellcasting you can research normal spells of level higher than 9.

[MonkeySage]

I'm no fan of their idea of a Prowess bonus, though... Where basically you choose which of your attacks gets a bonus, and they all eventually level out to +20/+20/+20/+20... Because there's nothing in the bestiaries that does anything like that.

I agree though, it does have cool stuff...

[noob]

I'm no fan of their idea of a Prowess bonus, though... Where basically you choose which of your attacks gets a bonus, and they all eventually level out to +20/+20/+20/+20... Because there's nothing in the bestiaries that does anything like that.

I agree though, it does have cool stuff...

I do not think I am speaking of the same homebrew as you.

[inuyasha]

Doesn't the core rulebook have a ruling for this? I seem to remember it saying to continue the standard progressions of all abilities, like bonus feats and sneak attack damage, hexes and rage powers and all that jazz. I don't remember what it says about spell slots, but there's always metamagic and spell research.

[MonkeySage]

To be honest, part of why i'm trying to do this is because I have never had a chance to play an epic level campaign. The one gm i know who might have run one i could join ended his campaign early.