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<blockquote data-quote="Tormyr" data-source="post: 6374581" data-attributes="member: 6776887">I generally don't run too many &quot;easy&quot; encounters (easy based on XP budget).&nbsp; Most of my encounters start at the high end of moderate difficulty on the XP budget and go up from there.&nbsp; Part of the reason for that is that I am running the Age of Worms adventure path and using the EL of the encounters to calculate the XP budget for the encounter.&nbsp; Most every encounter is moderate or higher for the party.&nbsp; That being said, there have been plenty of encounters my party has wrapped up in two rounds and plenty that someone has been face down in the dirt, bleeding out.&nbsp; When I do run an easy encounter, there is usually some plot element to go with it to make it worth everyone's time to roll initiative.My favorite encounters are the ones where one or more characters have gone unconscious, things are starting to look like a TPK, but the characters rally and turn the tide.&nbsp; We have had quite a few of those in the last 8 months.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tormyr, post: 6374581, member: 6776887"] I generally don't run too many "easy" encounters (easy based on XP budget). Most of my encounters start at the high end of moderate difficulty on the XP budget and go up from there. Part of the reason for that is that I am running the Age of Worms adventure path and using the EL of the encounters to calculate the XP budget for the encounter. Most every encounter is moderate or higher for the party. That being said, there have been plenty of encounters my party has wrapped up in two rounds and plenty that someone has been face down in the dirt, bleeding out. When I do run an easy encounter, there is usually some plot element to go with it to make it worth everyone's time to roll initiative. My favorite encounters are the ones where one or more characters have gone unconscious, things are starting to look like a TPK, but the characters rally and turn the tide. We have had quite a few of those in the last 8 months. [/QUOTE]

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