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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TerraDave" data-source="post: 4472967" data-attributes="member: 22260">So, you know how boxing gloves actually made it easier to punch hard...4E plays differently then it reads. And this is one of the best examples. -DMs see PCs as tougher (especially at low levels), and feel that they don't have to "hold back", and are encouraged by official guidance not to.-(as Mustrum_Ridcully explained) Thanks to healing surges and per encounter powers the baseline for encounters has went from "not quite a cake-walk" to "almost even". Probably the bigest factor. -(as Meric noted) do not underestimate ongoing damage. This is what really stuck out in my own limited experience as a player. Its part of the pattern noted above of "being able to see death coming", and with two or three ongoing effects, it will.</blockquote>