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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7409720" data-attributes="member: 996">A fair chunk of what he's asking for could be done in one line, not even a column inch (just: difficulty for x PCs of y level, XP to award).&nbsp; Making it clear that a series of encounters should be taken on in one day could also be little more than how it's presented.&nbsp;&nbsp; It might not increase page count, at all.&nbsp; And, heck, if you need to cut an illo or two, or some superfluous world-building background, it'd be worth it.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> There is a set of encounter guidelines in 5e. While I agree that DMing experience is better than depending on it, alone, seeing how they're used (or deviated from advisedly) in designing the adventure's encounters could only help.&nbsp; And, just, in general &quot;Ack! Bloat! XOMG! Page count!&quot; is a little too facile and frequent an objection.&nbsp; Yes, 5e errs on the slide of a slow pace of release and a paucity of options, in general.&nbsp; No, that does not mean wanting a bit more in this or that area is automatically bad.&nbsp; &nbsp;I'm pretty sure the XP you actually get - and the budget - are /before/ the multiple creature modifiers.&nbsp; So you can throw 6-8 medium-hard encounters pretty easily w/in a day's budget.&nbsp; I'm really unsure about the logic of the multiplier, though.&nbsp; Yes, numbers clearly tell heavily thanks to BA so it makes sense for determining difficulty, but how it relates to the budget and XP gain could've gone either way (several ways?).&nbsp; :shrug:&nbsp; Full disclosure:&nbsp; I end up not using the guidelines, myself, just throwing down whatever seems appropriate, and tweaking it on the fly... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7409720, member: 996"] A fair chunk of what he's asking for could be done in one line, not even a column inch (just: difficulty for x PCs of y level, XP to award). Making it clear that a series of encounters should be taken on in one day could also be little more than how it's presented. It might not increase page count, at all. And, heck, if you need to cut an illo or two, or some superfluous world-building background, it'd be worth it. ;) There is a set of encounter guidelines in 5e. While I agree that DMing experience is better than depending on it, alone, seeing how they're used (or deviated from advisedly) in designing the adventure's encounters could only help. And, just, in general "Ack! Bloat! XOMG! Page count!" is a little too facile and frequent an objection. Yes, 5e errs on the slide of a slow pace of release and a paucity of options, in general. No, that does not mean wanting a bit more in this or that area is automatically bad. I'm pretty sure the XP you actually get - and the budget - are /before/ the multiple creature modifiers. So you can throw 6-8 medium-hard encounters pretty easily w/in a day's budget. I'm really unsure about the logic of the multiplier, though. Yes, numbers clearly tell heavily thanks to BA so it makes sense for determining difficulty, but how it relates to the budget and XP gain could've gone either way (several ways?). :shrug: Full disclosure: I end up not using the guidelines, myself, just throwing down whatever seems appropriate, and tweaking it on the fly... ;) [/QUOTE]

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