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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 6286654" data-attributes="member: 20564">Backgrounds do require players not to be jerks, lucky something I don't have to deal with.&nbsp; Actually, my biggest problem was players with either too narrow backgrounds or overlapping backgrounds.&nbsp; One had three backgrounds that were about 80% overlap, needed to understand that they were supposed to be wider than 3.5 skills.Monsters are simple and fast.&nbsp; Haven't been &quot;too simple&quot; by a long shot, but we're still in Adventurer tier.&nbsp; The &quot;nature even/odd/hit/miss/16+/etc&quot; actually keeps things hopping more than you'd expect.&nbsp; &quot;10 of the same creature for three combats in a row&quot; would get boring.&nbsp; But mixing up mooks (so much cooler than minions) and various creatures it's plenty going on.&nbsp; Once you're past a threshold, it's too much for the players to hold all the different things going on in their heads, adding more just adds complexity for the DM without adding to the variety.I want to pussyfoot a little around the term &quot;tactical play&quot;.&nbsp; It doesn't default to a battlemap, so if that's required for the definition of tactical play, it doesn't.&nbsp; But I consider it does.&nbsp; It's got engaging/disengaging, distance, intercepting foes, movement, etc.&nbsp; All the hallmarks of tactical play, if you mean that the tactics of positioning and actions in combat are important.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 6286654, member: 20564"] Backgrounds do require players not to be jerks, lucky something I don't have to deal with. Actually, my biggest problem was players with either too narrow backgrounds or overlapping backgrounds. One had three backgrounds that were about 80% overlap, needed to understand that they were supposed to be wider than 3.5 skills. Monsters are simple and fast. Haven't been "too simple" by a long shot, but we're still in Adventurer tier. The "nature even/odd/hit/miss/16+/etc" actually keeps things hopping more than you'd expect. "10 of the same creature for three combats in a row" would get boring. But mixing up mooks (so much cooler than minions) and various creatures it's plenty going on. Once you're past a threshold, it's too much for the players to hold all the different things going on in their heads, adding more just adds complexity for the DM without adding to the variety. I want to pussyfoot a little around the term "tactical play". It doesn't default to a battlemap, so if that's required for the definition of tactical play, it doesn't. But I consider it does. It's got engaging/disengaging, distance, intercepting foes, movement, etc. All the hallmarks of tactical play, if you mean that the tactics of positioning and actions in combat are important. [/QUOTE]

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