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<blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 3739485" data-attributes="member: 5143"><p>Currently, I know from experience that an enemy with level equal to the average party level takes up nowhere near 20% of the resources of the party like it is supposed to.</p><p></p><p>According to the current formula, an encounter with 4 NPCs, each with level equal to the average party level should be an overwhelming encounter of almost certain death. When in actuality, it normally uses up maybe 50% of the party's resources and the party wins a good 95% of the time. But it IS a lot more interesting since you have to worry about what spell the wizard is going to cast this round while preventing the rogue from sneak attacking you and preventing the fighter from getting into melee with your wizard.</p><p></p><p>So, in 4e all they are doing is changing the formula so it actually agrees with the math. Then it makes it so 80% of the resources of the party are renewable every combat. This allows you to throw as many of these encounters as you want against the party.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Majoru Oakheart, post: 3739485, member: 5143"] Currently, I know from experience that an enemy with level equal to the average party level takes up nowhere near 20% of the resources of the party like it is supposed to. According to the current formula, an encounter with 4 NPCs, each with level equal to the average party level should be an overwhelming encounter of almost certain death. When in actuality, it normally uses up maybe 50% of the party's resources and the party wins a good 95% of the time. But it IS a lot more interesting since you have to worry about what spell the wizard is going to cast this round while preventing the rogue from sneak attacking you and preventing the fighter from getting into melee with your wizard. So, in 4e all they are doing is changing the formula so it actually agrees with the math. Then it makes it so 80% of the resources of the party are renewable every combat. This allows you to throw as many of these encounters as you want against the party. [/QUOTE]
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