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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 8129957" data-attributes="member: 12731"><p>Yes. For those that doesn't know, Pathfinder 2 rates encounters by their xp budget. </p><p></p><p>An encounter worth 80 XP is considered "Moderate". (Or what Fifth Edition D&D would call "Deadly")</p><p>An encounter worth 120 XP is considered "Severe". (There is no standard encounter difficulty this hard in the 5E guidelines) </p><p>An encounter worth 160 XP is considered "Extreme". (Trust me, Paizo means it)</p><p></p><p>Note the scaling here. </p><p></p><p>Two regular normal encounters each considered "only" moderate will instantly jump up to extreme difficulty if combined.</p><p></p><p>I am not going into details as to why this happens, and what exceptions there might be. Let's just say that there is an effective ban on combining encounters.</p><p></p><p>This can be a huge inconvenience if you're used to your monsters acting rationally when threatened. You simply can't have your NPCs retreat to safer positions, consolidate their forces or seek out safety in numbers, not without careful thought, since the system pretty much makes any such upgraded encounter impossible for the characters to win.</p><p></p><p>(Again there are exceptions and strategies to use to pull this off, but none of them are obvious to a gamesmaster of Pathfinder 1 or dungeonmaster of 5th Edition)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 8129957, member: 12731"] Yes. For those that doesn't know, Pathfinder 2 rates encounters by their xp budget. An encounter worth 80 XP is considered "Moderate". (Or what Fifth Edition D&D would call "Deadly") An encounter worth 120 XP is considered "Severe". (There is no standard encounter difficulty this hard in the 5E guidelines) An encounter worth 160 XP is considered "Extreme". (Trust me, Paizo means it) Note the scaling here. Two regular normal encounters each considered "only" moderate will instantly jump up to extreme difficulty if combined. I am not going into details as to why this happens, and what exceptions there might be. Let's just say that there is an effective ban on combining encounters. This can be a huge inconvenience if you're used to your monsters acting rationally when threatened. You simply can't have your NPCs retreat to safer positions, consolidate their forces or seek out safety in numbers, not without careful thought, since the system pretty much makes any such upgraded encounter impossible for the characters to win. (Again there are exceptions and strategies to use to pull this off, but none of them are obvious to a gamesmaster of Pathfinder 1 or dungeonmaster of 5th Edition) [/QUOTE]
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