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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 3064583" data-attributes="member: 707">While I don't prefer this kind of game, many DMs here on ENWorld run successful campaigns based on this premise.  So the campaign is not in and of itself problematic.These things happen.  Some encounters push a party to the brink.  This in and of itself is not indicative of a problem.Here is an actual issue.  The DM from his comment seems to still be judging encounter difficulty based on standard CRs, when he's modified his game so as to make them relatively useless.  Without a standard array of magical powers, he's going to have to eyeball each encounter and guage the difficulty himself.I'd suggest that you politely and in a friendly fashion point out to him that the CR rating is built on the assumption of standard wealth, and therefore he may need to re-evaluate monsters based on his own judgment, rather than relying on CRs.I honestly don't think there's a serious problem at this point.  Your DM may be quite willing and capable of tailoring his monster selection to your actual power levels.  His comment indicates that he may not have thought of this necessity thus far, but does not necesarily indicate he is unwilling or incapable.Give it some time.  If, after five or six more sessions, he's TPK'd you guys several times and still clings to CRs as a justification for his choices ("These guys are only CR6!  They're perfectly appropriate!") then you have a legitimate issue to deal with.  Until then, consider it a DM's growing pains, as he learns how to handle the kind of campaign he wants to run.</blockquote>

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