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Any "in combat" ability that costs Heroic Resources you can use once per "respite" (or again once you gain more Victories). Stuff like...
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People keep saying that, but it simply wasn't true. I've been playing since 1983 and my first experience with PC power having to be...
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Wmphaaaia added, because that's the key point here: the Adventure Day is not every day, it's a maximum threshold to guide designing a...
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Double up the encounter difficulty and have roughly two per short rest with only one of those per day. Mix up the expected order of...
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More to the point, the problem is aimed to solve was PCs going nova and ending a fight before it was a threat. I wanted the battle to...
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There's also the issue that attrition-based adventuring is boring. I want encounters to be (somewhat) dangerous in and of themselves...
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Interesting, how do you accumulate the power to cast a big spell out of combat, say a teleport at the beginning of the day to get where...
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When i get a minute, I will dig up the thread. But long story short, I built boss monsters as staged and tiered enemies and managed a...
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Actually I think most people don't want to lose. They want their characters to be powerful. I think throwing in a day where they are...
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After all these years, I can't (and probably won't) get away from a long rest being like slleping after a days work, getting up and...
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So the argument is, because the party will approach the BBEG with all abilities ready (e.g. fully rested) they need to be differently...
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They'll probably thank you for that. :p "We're better than those manipulative, infernal lawyers from the Nine Hells! Woot!" :p
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