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The tier system was introduced in dnd-4e, and is a more formal development of ideas from earlier editions. Heroic tier: Levels 1-10. Characters may have impressive skills, but operate on a basically human level. Adventures take place in local environments - dungeons, towns, forests. Threats are mostly part of the local ecology, or summoned or created. ...

One thing my last DM did that helped at high levels (also low levels, but especially high) was to split solos into, effectively, three monsters. So a dragon might become the head, the body, and the tail; while a demon might be head, body, and arms, depending on the powers. He would divide the solo's actions up and give each piece hitpoints so that two of the ...

It is impossible to convert between epic levels and divine ranks in a way that is both systematic and fair. The reason for this is that neither "an epic class level" nor "a divine rank" is a constant measurement of character power. There is a massive variation to the power contribution of each depending on the specific options selected. An Epic Wizard level ...

Generally, the heroic tier is dealing with threats native to the campaign world, Paragon tier is dealing with extraplanar threats, and epic are some other plane's extraplanar threats... but that's a gross simplification. D&D 4 Tiers: Levels  1-10 = Heroic Levels 11-20 = Paragon Levels 21-30 = Epic The D&D 3 tiers defined in rules Levels 1-20 = ...

Here is what a Level 30 character could have, if optimized to hit. +15 Levels +10 prime stat of 30 (assumes an extra +2 to the prime stat from Epic Destiny) +3 an expertise feat +6 a +6 weapon +3 weapon proficiency bonus That's +37 without anything special added. You'll need an 11+ to hit Demogorgon, right at 50/50. Attacks against other defenses ...

You seem to be on the right track (at least so far as RAW is concerned). Rules for creating a god are laid out in the SRD: Most deities are 20 HD outsiders with 30 to 50 character levels as well. These additional character levels beyond an effective character level of 20th follow the rules for epic levels. Avatars are created via a divine feat. The ...

First off, just throwing it out there- there is no rules as written way to get divine ranks. (In core, anyway.) Which means we don't have any other method we need to balance with or to use as a guideline. So, how powerful is a divine ranked character? I would contest the claim that epic spellcasting is strictly superior to salient abilities, and gods get ...

Mike Shea at slyflourish.com has a number of recommendations that can be see in his article on Orcus: http://slyflourish.com/pimp_my_orcus.html, and also in other articles on his site Tools that I particularly like, and examples from the linked article, are: Damage auras (and automatic damage environmental effects) Echoing damage back at players Aura ...

Some other good suggestions here. I hate to pimp my own work but I specifically wrote "Running Epic Tier D&D Games" to address a lot of the questions and ideas you have: http://slyflourish.com/epic/ It's hard to keep battles going fast. You might experiment with effects that limit player choices. For example, maybe some sort of psychic front prevents ...

The tier system is explicitly used in D&D 4e, but can be applied to most D20 games. The three tiers of 4e are: Heroic: lvl 1 - 10 Paragon: lvl 11 - 20 Epic: lvl 21 - 30 If applied to D&D 3.x it would effectively be Heroic: lvl 1 - 10 Paragon: lvl 11 - 20 Epic: lvl 21+ (Epic Level Handbook) However, epic tier in 3.x is far more different ...

The D&D3.5 variant E6 gives a 4E-style tier classification for 3.5. Roughly, it's: 1-5: Gritty Fantasy 6-10: Heroic Fantasy 11-15: Wuxia 16-20: Superheroes 20+: Epic

Without laying out some cash for a source book, do it the hard way - trial and error. Get a willing accomplice, some copies of the PC character sheets, and run a few encounters until you feel that the Avatar is balanced enough for the actual campaign. Playtesting - it's a good thing :)

In the Faiths and Pantheons splatbook, you can find the full stats for more than 100 major and minor deities in the Forgotten Realms. In addition to that, the free Faiths and Pantheons web enhancements on the wizards site (1, 2) offer some tips on challenging players with your deities.

Depending on how you (or your friend) wants the final encounter to go, it might be reasonable to say that the actual stats are simply absurdly high without necessarily spelling them out, BUT providing some weakness the characters can exploit. Perhaps some specific weapons forged by another deity, perhaps long ago, they can retrieve tow hich he is ...

I am a fan of stringing combats together with only short rests in-between. I am also a fan of staggering enemies entering the battlefields. So you can start out with 4 enemies and then a wave of minions and then a group of 3 ranged guys thereafter, etc. The stuff will die quick but it mixes it up and burns through healing surges...