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Where did the 6-8 encounter standard come from?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 7277892" data-attributes="member: 58197"><p>Okay, let's do Star Wars, starting with Luke's first appearance. I am counting small skirmishes and ambushes as well as big fight scenes, since those are explicitly supposed to be included in the 6-8. I'm also doing this from memory, so forgive any errors.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Luke, 3PO, and R2 encounter the Sand People and are rescued by Obi-Wan the DMPC.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong><em>Short rest.</em></strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Luke and Obi-Wan get in a bar fight. Shortly after that, Han Solo shoots Greedo... first. Counting these as one combat since the participants have no overlap.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Luke, Obi-Wan, Han, and Chewie blast their way out of Mos Eisley and outrun some Star Destroyers.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong><em>Long rest.</em></strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The party briefly engages a TIE fighter, then gets caught in a tractor beam and captured by the Death Star.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The party ambushes some poor Imperial technicians and a couple of stormtroopers.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The party busts into an Imperial command post and kills everyone in it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The party busts into the detention block, kills the guards, and picks up Leia.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Garbage chute, fight with the thing in the garbage compactor, and the compactor itself.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong><em>I'm gonna be generous and say there's a short rest here. At least, the party has time to clean themselves up, though it's hard to believe they'd spend an hour on it.</em></strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Han Solo goes chasing off after stormtroopers, because there's always that one guy in the party. Luke and Leia have a moment, shoot some more stormtroopers, and swing across a pit. There are blast doors.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They skirmish with stormtroopers on their way to the Falcon, while the DMPC fights the boss.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Space battle with TIE fighters, and they jump to hyperspace.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong><em>Long rest.</em></strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Big set-piece battle over the Death Star.</li> </ul><p></p><p>So, we have one "on the way to the dungeon" day with just a couple encounters. Then we have a full-length adventuring day in the dungeon itself, with 8 encounters (a mix of very quick ambushes and more extensive shootouts) plus one sorta-short-rest. On the third day, there's a single extended boss fight where everybody blows their wad.</p><p></p><p>You could disagree on some of the minor encounters; the "engage TIE fighter and captured by the Death Star" one might not really count, for instance. However, no matter how you slice it, it's pretty close to an adventuring day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 7277892, member: 58197"] Okay, let's do Star Wars, starting with Luke's first appearance. I am counting small skirmishes and ambushes as well as big fight scenes, since those are explicitly supposed to be included in the 6-8. I'm also doing this from memory, so forgive any errors. [LIST] [*]Luke, 3PO, and R2 encounter the Sand People and are rescued by Obi-Wan the DMPC. [*][B][I]Short rest.[/I][/B] [*]Luke and Obi-Wan get in a bar fight. Shortly after that, Han Solo shoots Greedo... first. Counting these as one combat since the participants have no overlap. [*]Luke, Obi-Wan, Han, and Chewie blast their way out of Mos Eisley and outrun some Star Destroyers. [*][B][I]Long rest.[/I][/B] [*]The party briefly engages a TIE fighter, then gets caught in a tractor beam and captured by the Death Star. [*]The party ambushes some poor Imperial technicians and a couple of stormtroopers. [*]The party busts into an Imperial command post and kills everyone in it. [*]The party busts into the detention block, kills the guards, and picks up Leia. [*]Garbage chute, fight with the thing in the garbage compactor, and the compactor itself. [*][B][I]I'm gonna be generous and say there's a short rest here. At least, the party has time to clean themselves up, though it's hard to believe they'd spend an hour on it.[/I][/B] [*]Han Solo goes chasing off after stormtroopers, because there's always that one guy in the party. Luke and Leia have a moment, shoot some more stormtroopers, and swing across a pit. There are blast doors. [*]They skirmish with stormtroopers on their way to the Falcon, while the DMPC fights the boss. [*]Space battle with TIE fighters, and they jump to hyperspace. [*][B][I]Long rest.[/I][/B] [*]Big set-piece battle over the Death Star. [/LIST] So, we have one "on the way to the dungeon" day with just a couple encounters. Then we have a full-length adventuring day in the dungeon itself, with 8 encounters (a mix of very quick ambushes and more extensive shootouts) plus one sorta-short-rest. On the third day, there's a single extended boss fight where everybody blows their wad. You could disagree on some of the minor encounters; the "engage TIE fighter and captured by the Death Star" one might not really count, for instance. However, no matter how you slice it, it's pretty close to an adventuring day. [/QUOTE]
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