Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
I understood. My point is that encounters that need to use resources are the ones that count for the 5-8 encounters. If you can get by it so easily that the players don't feel like they need to use resources, then it's not a difficult enough encounter to count towards the daily allotment.It's just a hypothetical example of how you can have a great session and make players feel like their PCs are useful while using 5E's mechanics but without doing resource management. Don't get too hung up on the specifics. The principle is the same whether the opponent is an ancient red dragon or a green hag.