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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 7516269" data-attributes="member: 6677017"><p>I don't think the design is too bad (although the monsters in the supplements have more interesting features, and unfortunately are sometimes artificially inflated in power compared to the MM monsters, which is a real shame because it makes the baseline MM monsters seem underwhelming), it's more this:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>However,</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We've played 5e since the beginning, and I do find it difficult to come up with challenges that are "right". At low-levels I routinely have the problem that fights either risk one-shot hits killing PCs, or the PCs steam-roll it. I like both of those types of fights--I don't like every fight to be a sporting fair fight--but I also sometimes want a "balanced" fight for a certain degree of challenge between those extremes. The space between the extremes seems significantly smaller in 5e than in other editions I've played, and can be difficult to find. As they get to higher levels, the one-shot space starts shrinking, and the steam-rolling space starts increasing. While the space between the extremes does increase with levels, it doesn't increase as much as I'd like it to.</p><p></p><p>...and that paragraph is probably the best statement I've yet made of the actual issue as I perceive it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 7516269, member: 6677017"] I don't think the design is too bad (although the monsters in the supplements have more interesting features, and unfortunately are sometimes artificially inflated in power compared to the MM monsters, which is a real shame because it makes the baseline MM monsters seem underwhelming), it's more this: However, We've played 5e since the beginning, and I do find it difficult to come up with challenges that are "right". At low-levels I routinely have the problem that fights either risk one-shot hits killing PCs, or the PCs steam-roll it. I like both of those types of fights--I don't like every fight to be a sporting fair fight--but I also sometimes want a "balanced" fight for a certain degree of challenge between those extremes. The space between the extremes seems significantly smaller in 5e than in other editions I've played, and can be difficult to find. As they get to higher levels, the one-shot space starts shrinking, and the steam-rolling space starts increasing. While the space between the extremes does increase with levels, it doesn't increase as much as I'd like it to. ...and that paragraph is probably the best statement I've yet made of the actual issue as I perceive it. [/QUOTE]
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