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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5611664" data-attributes="member: 19675">What extra prep time?It takes minimal effort on a DM's part- on the fly- to have the party encounter a guardhouse's squad's replacements discover they've all been slaughtered at their posts...and are waiting for the SoB's that did it (especially for an organized force).  Or that the noise of combat has drawn other creatures to the site of the last conflict.It takes minimal effort to say that a party that retreats from the dungeon to recharged finds the vacuum they left has been filled by other predators or reinforcements from other parts of the dungeon.It takes minimal effort (again, on the fly) to use a commercial or home-made wandering monster chart appropriate to the adventure.Common sense? It is "going nova" that is counter to common sense.Common sense- at least, in the terms of armed conflict- tells the military commanders of the ages to not commit all of your forces unless and until you absolutely have to.  ALWAYS hold something in reserve for the unexpected. This applies as much to individual powers as squadrons of archers or heavy cavalry.  Even though using overwhelming force is the way to take down your opponents, you don't use your nukes to swat mosquitos. That a DM chooses to put the world on pause and let his players' retreat to recharge distorts this reality.</blockquote>