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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dice4Hire" data-source="post: 5713088" data-attributes="member: 55066">To me it is all about the tactics, terrain and luck.Last night we had a short game of two encounters. The first was Encounter +0, and it was a cakewalk, with the fighter spending two surges and the rest of the party spending nothing, or indeed rarely getting hit. I think one other character spent one. The second was level +1 and the fighter took a fearsome pounding. All the party's healing was poured into him and he barely survived, spending 8 surges. One other player spent one surge and the other three.  Part of the problem with the second fight was the ranger could not kill the flying creatures to save his life. He probably missed at least 80% of the time and only needed a 6 or 7 to hit on average. Bad luck only. The ones beating on the dwarf were hitting about average, not well, luckily for him. Encounters in 4E can be very swingy. But they are usually quite fun.</blockquote>