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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 6704550" data-attributes="member: 996">Running a 1st level game did the trick for me on a number of occasions.&nbsp; Repeated TPKs does count as 'deadly,' yes?I've told this story about HotDQ a few times, but what the heck:&nbsp; So I had run the playtest at Encounters as much as I could, and was very much still in the playtest mind-set when 5e Encounters started.&nbsp; So I ran the first few sessions of HotDQ 'straight.'&nbsp;&nbsp; Not pretty.&nbsp; I tried it again at a convention - not so much because I wanted to, but because the organizers settled on that scenario for the time slot - 3 sessions, 2 TPKs.Anyway, I snapped out of it and started running the game the way I'd done back in the day, very behind-the-screen, adjusted-on-the-fly, DM-directed (&quot;DM force&quot; they call it sometimes) and it was awesome.&nbsp; (I'll admit, running in that mode is starting to get a little old, but I'm taking a break until a project at work is done, so hopefully I'll be back to it with enthusiasm when that's over.)That was first level, though.&nbsp; Sometime after that - 2nd, it appears, in your case - it reverses and the game becomes 'too easy.'&nbsp; If you play it 'straight,' that is.&nbsp;&nbsp; Run it to be fun, rules &amp; dice notwithstanding, and it will be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 6704550, member: 996"] Running a 1st level game did the trick for me on a number of occasions. Repeated TPKs does count as 'deadly,' yes? I've told this story about HotDQ a few times, but what the heck: So I had run the playtest at Encounters as much as I could, and was very much still in the playtest mind-set when 5e Encounters started. So I ran the first few sessions of HotDQ 'straight.' Not pretty. I tried it again at a convention - not so much because I wanted to, but because the organizers settled on that scenario for the time slot - 3 sessions, 2 TPKs. Anyway, I snapped out of it and started running the game the way I'd done back in the day, very behind-the-screen, adjusted-on-the-fly, DM-directed ("DM force" they call it sometimes) and it was awesome. (I'll admit, running in that mode is starting to get a little old, but I'm taking a break until a project at work is done, so hopefully I'll be back to it with enthusiasm when that's over.) That was first level, though. Sometime after that - 2nd, it appears, in your case - it reverses and the game becomes 'too easy.' If you play it 'straight,' that is. Run it to be fun, rules & dice notwithstanding, and it will be. [/QUOTE]

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