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<blockquote data-quote="chaotix42" data-source="post: 4419607" data-attributes="member: 40530">I disagree, Redclaw. The ranger didn't get isolated. His fellow PCs decided to gang up on the Eye of Gruumsh and leave him to fend off two monsters of a level higher than his own. They found the time to send him a Healing Word but that's it. Instead of pitting both defenders against one foe and wasting one of their marks they could have sent one of them over to take some heat off the Ranger. &nbsp;As for static battles, I don't know how your 3.X games were, but ours were anything but static. It wasn't long before everyone and their donkey was flying or tumbling with Freedom of Movement. A coup de grace isn't going to suddenly slow everything down now - every encounter so far has featured a mix of incentives to maneuver around the battlefield while sticking close to the party to remain in range of buffs and healing; a nice spread of meaningful choices that as a DM I'm quite pleased with so far.&nbsp;I do in part blame myself for CDGing the Ranger. I felt a twinge of guilt, but for just a moment. Quite brief. &nbsp;JRRNeiklot: please don't derail the thread. Thanks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chaotix42, post: 4419607, member: 40530"] I disagree, Redclaw. The ranger didn't get isolated. His fellow PCs decided to gang up on the Eye of Gruumsh and leave him to fend off two monsters of a level higher than his own. They found the time to send him a Healing Word but that's it. Instead of pitting both defenders against one foe and wasting one of their marks they could have sent one of them over to take some heat off the Ranger. As for static battles, I don't know how your 3.X games were, but ours were anything but static. It wasn't long before everyone and their donkey was flying or tumbling with Freedom of Movement. A coup de grace isn't going to suddenly slow everything down now - every encounter so far has featured a mix of incentives to maneuver around the battlefield while sticking close to the party to remain in range of buffs and healing; a nice spread of meaningful choices that as a DM I'm quite pleased with so far. I do in part blame myself for CDGing the Ranger. I felt a twinge of guilt, but for just a moment. Quite brief. JRRNeiklot: please don't derail the thread. Thanks. [/QUOTE]

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