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Level .01 to .75, "Beginnings tier"
- 99% of the population in this tier.
- Carla's early life. We're not alone thinking that the gods must be crazy. Carla born of the hopes of the people.
- Mittens spent most of her life in this tier.
Level 1-5 "heroic tier"
- One heroic can take out several Beginners.
- While there are tens of thousands of individuals in this tier, it's still only like 1% of the populus
- Carla gets the calling of an oracle at age 2. Remains lvl 1 for a number of years.
- Would Tim would like to see happen in this tier: foreshadowing of everything ahead of us. We HEAR about the paragons. Getting to see that we're surpassing the heroic level noteworthy persons yet hearing "you'll never surpass the paragons."
- Mittens discovered her singing sword just as she reached level 1.
- We will earn our first titles in this tier. For example, "Mittens the reckless."
Level 6-10 "paragon tier"
- 1 paragon can take a group of heroics easy.
- paragons said to take out entire guilds solo. RL example: Pan King Fu "the gangbuster."
- There are at most a hundred in the entire world of this tier.
- This is where word really starts to spread about the heroes. "Yeah right. You're not Callista. The REAL Callista is WAY more powerful."
- Upper paragon: Powerful enough as a group to overthrow a king. Most monsters are boot buttons.
- Lvl 10: Carla gets her wings.
Level 11-15 "legendary tier"
- Most monsters are NAMED monsters.
- What defines legend? At these levels, deserve to say "I slew a dragon."
- There are maybe a dozen in the mortal world of this level. Example: Mystagon. Carla heard about and looks up to him. Presumed dead or a mythical metaphor. Krendis: lvl 15. Centuries old.
- Carla awakens as a full fledged angel.
Level 16-20 "ascension tier"
- Can take on Named dragons as a group. You are now a demigod. You do not age.
- Possibly 1 or 2 in the mortal world of this level when game began.
Level 21-25 "conquest tier"
- Fighting celestials. Working toward overthrowing the gods. Gain domains!
Level 26-30 "dominion tier"
- We am play gods.
Level 30+ "beyonder tier"
- What happens in this tier is a mystery. :)
I quote this as a frame of reference for what I'd like to bolt down with absolute firmness. Namely that it would take several top level Paragon Decepticons like Starscream, Sky Warp, Thundercracker, and a legend like Soundwave to even begin to be a threat to Optimus Prime.
PCs are heroic. PCs can swat up to 4 nameless mooks on their own with little chance of defeat, but 5 or more and the odds start to be unfavorable. But the entire team of Autobot PCs working together with a second team would easily be swatted by Megatron. (Not that the GM should ever pit them against an enemy 3 full tiers above them.) PCs will gain levels slowly (if at all) and early paragon tier would be the level cap.
Suggested system: Mekton Zeta. Haven't looked at it yet.
Setting: At the very least, I'd say everything after season 1 is non-cannon because season 2 was on drugs. But I'd like to toss season 1 out too. Maybe keep episode 1? Because as fun as that story is, i'd like the freedom to not be constrained to any continuity at all.
Story: Was thinking of biting off some scifi module and reflavoring it for TFs. Then maybe restart with new starting PCs with a new module.
