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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zaruthustran" data-source="post: 3721917" data-attributes="member: 1457">I think the point is that it's more fun. It's more fun to throw four orcs against four 1st level characters, and at the end of the fight the adventurers are still able to continue. In 3e, such a fight would tap 50% of the party's resources. It's a certainty that at least one would be KOd, and a good chance (if a wizard is hit) that one or more would be dead. 4E is a new game, with new assumptions for encounters. The default encounter is supposed to be an even match in terms of numbers of opponents (4 pcs vs. 4 monsters), but those encounters are supposed to be quicker & easier to run--and there are supposed to be many more such encounters per day. Fundamentally, games are wish fulfillment. Seems like this change makes it more likely that players will be able to fulfill their wish to be heroes. And less likely for the first game of a new player to be "Okay bob, the orcs won initiative. They go first. This orc charges you. Crit. Oops--you're dead. Make a new character."</blockquote>