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<blockquote data-quote="AaronOfBarbaria" data-source="post: 6782488" data-attributes="member: 6701872">The early levels, or any levels actually, are only &quot;nail-bitingly dangerous&quot; if the DM chooses to make them that way, and following the advice the DMG actually gives on encounter building should not be referred to as walking on eggshells. Really, I think you are thinking that I said something other than what I did, since your question has basically nothing to do with anything I was saying.The only funny light I see is the one you are shining - I never said anything about wanting to do something besides the not-really-that-lethal advice provided by the game is &quot;being perverse.&quot;No one said the lethality stops at 2nd level, and whether it does or not is entirely irrelevant to the statements that I made to which you are responding. Lethality does have a noticeable decline at 2nd level, though, since PC hit points increase by a large percentage (as much as doubling) while the damage monsters are likely to be dealing increases by a significantly smaller percentage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AaronOfBarbaria, post: 6782488, member: 6701872"] The early levels, or any levels actually, are only "nail-bitingly dangerous" if the DM chooses to make them that way, and following the advice the DMG actually gives on encounter building should not be referred to as walking on eggshells. Really, I think you are thinking that I said something other than what I did, since your question has basically nothing to do with anything I was saying. The only funny light I see is the one you are shining - I never said anything about wanting to do something besides the not-really-that-lethal advice provided by the game is "being perverse." No one said the lethality stops at 2nd level, and whether it does or not is entirely irrelevant to the statements that I made to which you are responding. Lethality does have a noticeable decline at 2nd level, though, since PC hit points increase by a large percentage (as much as doubling) while the damage monsters are likely to be dealing increases by a significantly smaller percentage. [/QUOTE]

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