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<blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 5928786" data-attributes="member: 386">I agree that encounters in 4E are supposed to be &quot;easy&quot; - that is, that they are not supposed to TPK the group from a few poor choices.Some people suggest that running difficult encounters - over-levelled opponents - doesn't work in 4E; that's contrary to my experience.&nbsp; I've had really engaging encounters with very high-level opponents in 4E.&nbsp; (I run a hack now, but I'm talking about my experience with regular 4E.)I'm not sure that's true - I think there's a lot you can do in earlier editions to swing a battle in your favour.&nbsp; I do think it comes down to less and less character skill though, at least for the first few levels.(As an aside - DMing the playtest now, I wonder how we were ever able to survive B2 using standard B/X characters.&nbsp; Was there fudging going on?&nbsp; It's hard to say, looking back 20 years or so.&nbsp; The only death on our last campaign into the Caves - though all the players had all run and DMed it - was from a poison needle trap.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LostSoul, post: 5928786, member: 386"] I agree that encounters in 4E are supposed to be "easy" - that is, that they are not supposed to TPK the group from a few poor choices. Some people suggest that running difficult encounters - over-levelled opponents - doesn't work in 4E; that's contrary to my experience. I've had really engaging encounters with very high-level opponents in 4E. (I run a hack now, but I'm talking about my experience with regular 4E.) I'm not sure that's true - I think there's a lot you can do in earlier editions to swing a battle in your favour. I do think it comes down to less and less [i]character[/i] skill though, at least for the first few levels. (As an aside - DMing the playtest now, I wonder how we were ever able to survive B2 using standard B/X characters. Was there fudging going on? It's hard to say, looking back 20 years or so. The only death on our last campaign into the Caves - though all the players had all run and DMed it - was from a poison needle trap.) [/QUOTE]

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