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<blockquote data-quote="TwoSix" data-source="post: 5970002" data-attributes="member: 205"><p>That's an interesting point of divergence between 4e and earlier editions, actually. </p><p></p><p>One of the side effects of lengthening combat (as 4e does), is that the random effect of the dice is lessened, as more and more dice rolls will trend closer to the mean. If the effect of the dice is lessened, it places greater weight on the overall sum of well-made tactical choices. </p><p></p><p>It also probably helps explain the dual experiences of 4e combat. The positive experience is "We thought we were dead, and it was really close, but we pulled it out in the end." The negative experience is "The monsters weren't that challenging, and we slowly ground them down, but it took an hour." A lot of those tendencies might be explained with an initial good or bad set of die rolls, and the rest of the combat keeps to the general trendline of "solid choices + slightly stronger PCs = victory."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TwoSix, post: 5970002, member: 205"] That's an interesting point of divergence between 4e and earlier editions, actually. One of the side effects of lengthening combat (as 4e does), is that the random effect of the dice is lessened, as more and more dice rolls will trend closer to the mean. If the effect of the dice is lessened, it places greater weight on the overall sum of well-made tactical choices. It also probably helps explain the dual experiences of 4e combat. The positive experience is "We thought we were dead, and it was really close, but we pulled it out in the end." The negative experience is "The monsters weren't that challenging, and we slowly ground them down, but it took an hour." A lot of those tendencies might be explained with an initial good or bad set of die rolls, and the rest of the combat keeps to the general trendline of "solid choices + slightly stronger PCs = victory." [/QUOTE]
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