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<blockquote data-quote="evilbob" data-source="post: 9656880" data-attributes="member: 9789">Hey again [USER=6790260]@EzekielRaiden[/USER]!You might hate me for this but we just finished up a 1-16 campaign (just over a year) where the average number of encounters per LONG rest was probably... less than 2.&quot;Why?!&quot; &quot;Blasphemy!!&quot; All fair points. And truthfully: I did it because fights take too long and they aren't usually narratively interesting. For me, personally, if a dungeon takes four battles I'm done. I don't care if we found the macguffin or not, I am finished. Next song.I know there are a lot of assumptions and math about balance and pacing and all, but over 16 levels, this never felt unfair. If anything: at high levels when we switched to 5.5 the martials still felt too strong. (Druid, cleric, monk, ranger, and at the end another fighter.) There are SO many ways to get your resources back now that just skipping all that and long resting often... didn't change much. In my experience: 2 battles per long rest (sometimes with a short rest between) was fine. YMMV.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="evilbob, post: 9656880, member: 9789"] Hey again [USER=6790260]@EzekielRaiden[/USER]! You might hate me for this but we just finished up a 1-16 campaign (just over a year) where the average number of encounters per LONG rest was probably... less than 2. "Why?!" "Blasphemy!!" All fair points. And truthfully: I did it because fights take too long and they aren't usually narratively interesting. For me, personally, if a dungeon takes four battles I'm done. I don't care if we found the macguffin or not, I am finished. Next song. I know there are a lot of assumptions and math about balance and pacing and all, but over 16 levels, this never felt unfair. If anything: at high levels when we switched to 5.5 the martials still felt too strong. (Druid, cleric, monk, ranger, and at the end another fighter.) There are SO many ways to get your resources back now that just skipping all that and long resting often... didn't change much. In my experience: 2 battles per long rest (sometimes with a short rest between) was fine. YMMV. [/QUOTE]

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