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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 8140026" data-attributes="member: 12731">For the umpteenth time, I am not saying it can't be done. I'm saying that budding PF2 gamesmasters should hold off doing it. I'm saying don't smush your encounters together.I am saying that the natural and intuitive approach, which is to move the monsters from room 13 into room 15 where another bunch of monsters already live for reasons DOES. NOT. WORK. It worked in 3e. It worked in PF1. It totally works in 5E. It risks ruining your whole campaign in PF2.(In those other games, the damage per round of the party coasting along conserving resources is significantly lower than the party going into panic nova mode. This approach to game design is completely absent from PF2 until higher level spells kick in, and martial characters can never shift gears. That's the difference)So as a general and simple message, don't smush together your encounters.A more complex and accurate message would be &quot;change encounters around, modifying monsters and/or numbers and/or the timing of their arrival and/or terrain and other factors&quot;. But since neither the CRB nor the GMG spends even a single word acknowledging this to be a real problem, it is neither simple nor direct. (Paizo only discuss creating encounters. Not how to combine - or not to combine - encounters) Edit: see my post below where I back this up.I prefer simple and direct so I'll stick to the very good advice don't smush your encounters together.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 8140026, member: 12731"] For the umpteenth time, I am not saying it [I]can't[/I] be done. I'm saying that budding PF2 gamesmasters should hold off doing it. I'm saying [U]don't smush your encounters together[/U]. I am saying that the natural and intuitive approach, which is to move the monsters from room 13 into room 15 where another bunch of monsters already live for reasons [B]DOES. NOT. WORK. [/B] It worked in 3e. It worked in PF1. It totally works in 5E.[B] It risks ruining your whole campaign in PF2.[/B] (In those other games, the damage per round of the party coasting along conserving resources is [I]significantly[/I] lower than the party going into panic nova mode. This approach to game design is completely absent from PF2 until higher level spells kick in, and martial characters can [I]never[/I] shift gears. [I]That's[/I] the difference) So as a general and simple message, [U]don't smush together your encounters[/U]. A more complex and accurate message would be "change encounters around, modifying monsters and/or numbers and/or the timing of their arrival and/or terrain and other factors". But since neither the CRB nor the GMG spends even a single word acknowledging this to be a real problem, it is neither simple nor direct. (Paizo only discuss [I]creating[/I] encounters. Not how to [I]combine[/I] - or not to combine - encounters) [I]Edit: see my post below where I back this up.[/I] I prefer simple and direct so I'll stick to the very good advice [U]don't smush your encounters together[/U]. [/QUOTE]

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