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That is not true. The 3.5e DMG had about two pages about both ad hoc XP rewards and story-based awards, both for non-combat encounters...

It should be noted that the characters in question are often assumed to be 18 int 8 con barbarian glass cannon "blaster builds along...

It could explain things better, but there is actually a definition in the 5.0 DMG: Deadly. A deadly encounter could be lethal for one or...

Pretty sure I've run almost every one of them as AL till COVID. Very few sections have a time crunch of any relevance and the few that...

Yes it is. And Mearls admits it himself in the original article.

This. I hope nobody is really surprised about that it literally is stated in the DMG. No they are not overlooked. In the DMG it clearly...

I said no recently. Silvery Barbs spell.

I think it's less that they hadn't figured it out and more that they hadn't admitted it. Heck, WotC still hasn't. Mearls had to leave...

I think a contributing factor is the lack of a middle ground when it comes to PC resources. 4e has powers that can be used at-will, per...

That can take time though or be frustrating/morimg. 6-8 fights its 2 or 3 sessions just combat.

Some have explicit time limit eg Tomb of Annihilation. But mostly no.