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<blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 6817565" data-attributes="member: 5834"><p>What WotC designed adventures have you ran that have this 7 combats a day worked into them? Dragon queen module? Nope. Princes of the Apocalypse? Optional, usually hope. Out of the Abyss? Nope. Smart PCs don't use resources on easy fights saving them for big fights. It would take an enormous amount of work for a DM to work in seven combats that deplete resources against a smart party. I'm definitely a notorious resource hoarder. I hate using resources because I'm paranoid about not having them when I really need them.</p><p></p><p>As far as a fire giant, sure, they could hammer someone. They can also get hammered down quickly. They are a pretty straightforward creature. The math doesn't really work if you calculate in that fashion. PC groups usually spread out or have special abilities allowing them to lower an NPCs to hit chance and increasing theirs rendering the giant at a huge disadvantage. And that's with giants being one of the harder hitting and more powerful creatures PCs can face that aren't legendary.</p><p></p><p>I recall having my PCs fight a Stone giant thinking it would be a really tough fight at 4th level. It turned out I was worried for nothing. The PCs unloaded on it killing it in a few rounds. Six PCs and one CR 1 NPC did 126 damage in two rounds. Unfortunately they were drow and were able to use their sight advantage underground to render the giant nearly blind. PCs always seem to have some kind of exploitable advantage against enemy monsters that really messes them up. Their resources are more versatile than 99% of monsters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celtavian, post: 6817565, member: 5834"] What WotC designed adventures have you ran that have this 7 combats a day worked into them? Dragon queen module? Nope. Princes of the Apocalypse? Optional, usually hope. Out of the Abyss? Nope. Smart PCs don't use resources on easy fights saving them for big fights. It would take an enormous amount of work for a DM to work in seven combats that deplete resources against a smart party. I'm definitely a notorious resource hoarder. I hate using resources because I'm paranoid about not having them when I really need them. As far as a fire giant, sure, they could hammer someone. They can also get hammered down quickly. They are a pretty straightforward creature. The math doesn't really work if you calculate in that fashion. PC groups usually spread out or have special abilities allowing them to lower an NPCs to hit chance and increasing theirs rendering the giant at a huge disadvantage. And that's with giants being one of the harder hitting and more powerful creatures PCs can face that aren't legendary. I recall having my PCs fight a Stone giant thinking it would be a really tough fight at 4th level. It turned out I was worried for nothing. The PCs unloaded on it killing it in a few rounds. Six PCs and one CR 1 NPC did 126 damage in two rounds. Unfortunately they were drow and were able to use their sight advantage underground to render the giant nearly blind. PCs always seem to have some kind of exploitable advantage against enemy monsters that really messes them up. Their resources are more versatile than 99% of monsters. [/QUOTE]
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