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<blockquote data-quote="Obryn" data-source="post: 4419199" data-attributes="member: 11821">Exactly my experiences.edit: As an example, effects no longer affect ability scores directly.&nbsp; They don't get drained, and they don't get boosted.&nbsp; By only modifying derived values like attacks &amp; damage directly, my workload is dramatically reduced.Also, much of the &quot;stuff&quot; that's going on is stuff done by the players - so my bookkeeping is hardly affected at all.Additionally, I think there's a bit of a disconnect when we're talking about the amount of stuff going on in an encounter...&nbsp; In 3e, I seldom if ever ran combats with more than 2 distinct groups of combatants.&nbsp; Sometimes I did, mind you, but at most it was along the lines of minions-bodyguards-boss.&nbsp; These got very complex to track and run.Now, in 4e, combats with 2-4 distinct groups are the norm.&nbsp; I'd argue that, by and large, combats with similar complexities are easier to run unless it was a particularly simple 3e combat (along the lines of 3 different levels of hobgoblins or whatever).-O</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Obryn, post: 4419199, member: 11821"] Exactly my experiences. edit: As an example, effects no longer affect ability scores directly. They don't get drained, and they don't get boosted. By only modifying derived values like attacks & damage directly, my workload is dramatically reduced. Also, much of the "stuff" that's going on is stuff done by the players - so my bookkeeping is hardly affected at all. Additionally, I think there's a bit of a disconnect when we're talking about the amount of stuff going on in an encounter... In 3e, I seldom if ever ran combats with more than 2 distinct groups of combatants. Sometimes I did, mind you, but at most it was along the lines of minions-bodyguards-boss. These got very complex to track and run. Now, in 4e, combats with 2-4 distinct groups are the norm. I'd argue that, by and large, combats with similar complexities are easier to run unless it was a particularly simple 3e combat (along the lines of 3 different levels of hobgoblins or whatever). -O [/QUOTE]

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