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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hurin70" data-source="post: 7802759" data-attributes="member: 6875491">I'm fine with getting rid of non-magical and ranged healing. There's a lot that can be done with things like temporary hit points and bandages.I should have been clearer: at high levels, a group of optimized characters can crush encounters pretty easily. So yes, the game can become too easy/forgiving.At low levels, however, character options are limited, and the first couple of levels in particular are rocket tag. On top of that, each of the published modules I've played had multiple unbalanced encounters. Horde of the Dragon Queen was notorious for that (because the makers didn't have the final monster stats for things like Berserkers/Bandits, IIRC). I'm currently DMing Princes of the Apocalypse, and an encounter that includes one CR 7 BBEG, an additional (invisible) CR 6 henchman, and another dozen CR 1/8 mooks is in an area recommended for a level 6 party. That's a TPK waiting to happen.</blockquote>