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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bawylie" data-source="post: 7567682" data-attributes="member: 6776133">Rings of protection add to AC but do not protect you from damage. It IS nasty to sneaks and casters, but they have adapted and try very hard to funnel enemies to the fighter and otherwise pick their targets and opportunities carefully. So far, no complaints. Even when they get slammed. They take calculated risks and understand they sometimes do not pay off. No quadruple damage. One case of triple damage due to fire vulnerability.  I am not myself leery of using high-damage enemies. I telegraph the weapon and strength of the opponents as fairly as I can and the players are proactive about recon. When push comes to shove, any player who asks can see the enemy stat block. (This has happened twice so far). No second save. My monsters seem to crit 5% of the time. The highest CON in the party is 16, the lowest is 12. The fighter has 14! In practice it seems like my rules are like a sword of Damocles or a lurking threat. It’s not a massacre at all. The lethality is there and they play like it is there. It’s less overtly “HEROIC” and more grounded (maybe is the right word). More Daredevil than Thor, if that gives you a sense of it.</blockquote>