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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Havrik Stoneskimmer" data-source="post: 5648496" data-attributes="member: 6670929">I would say most of my combats last about 45 minutes to an hour, with anything over an hour or so being pretty rare. I haven't done anything in particular to keep things moving, but here's a few things that might affect it:I use Monster Vault monsters whenever possible. They tend to do more damage, but often have lower defenses than monsters from older sources, so the fights are often brutal but usually quick. Even longer combats don't feel like a grind.There are only four PCs.We are using classes from Heroes of the Fallen Lands. This means that two of the players (the knight and the thief) don't generally have to deliberate too much over which power to use. The warpriest and especially the mage can take a bit longer, but even then it's not too bad.Maybe the most important: my players are usually very good about knowing what they want to do as soon as it's their turn. Everyone seems to stay very involved during combats and I don't have to deal with Monty Python quotes or checking cell phones during combat (sometimes that happens during role playing or exploration, but even then they are good about getting back to task quickly).</blockquote>