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Any tips for speeding up the game? 4e is slowing me down!
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<blockquote data-quote="Odysseus" data-source="post: 4423279" data-attributes="member: 8615"><p>There seem to be two issues here.</p><p>The length of the round and the number of rounds.</p><p>IMO the length of the round in 4E is much shorter, but if your finding it a problem there seem plenty of ideas in this thread.</p><p>The number of rounds is a more difficult problem. There does seem to be a lot of variation because of party composition, PC builds and PC teamwork. But overall the combat in 4E does seem take alot more rounds. And some fights are short some long. If all your fights are long, you should be asking why every fight is taking so much time. Looking at some of the threads about playing KotS , the combats are lasting under 10 rounds.</p><p>If every combat is taking too much time , then perhaps some house rules are necessary. Increasing damage, decreasing hp, decreasing defences or use more action points(using an extra action to save time, may seem a dubious idea, but you may find using an extra action ends a fight sooner, and saves an extra round or two)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Odysseus, post: 4423279, member: 8615"] There seem to be two issues here. The length of the round and the number of rounds. IMO the length of the round in 4E is much shorter, but if your finding it a problem there seem plenty of ideas in this thread. The number of rounds is a more difficult problem. There does seem to be a lot of variation because of party composition, PC builds and PC teamwork. But overall the combat in 4E does seem take alot more rounds. And some fights are short some long. If all your fights are long, you should be asking why every fight is taking so much time. Looking at some of the threads about playing KotS , the combats are lasting under 10 rounds. If every combat is taking too much time , then perhaps some house rules are necessary. Increasing damage, decreasing hp, decreasing defences or use more action points(using an extra action to save time, may seem a dubious idea, but you may find using an extra action ends a fight sooner, and saves an extra round or two) [/QUOTE]
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