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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7387347" data-attributes="member: 58172">́Some encounters feel trivially easy. Each of these generally doesnt count toward the 8, unless several easy encounters seem to be accumulating.Oppositely, some encounters feel tremendously difficulty. Worth more than an ordinary encounter.Alternatively, a solution to a difficult challenge might prove ingenious and satisfying, obviating the difficulty in a meritorious way.The beauty of counting encounters per level is, the toughness of the encounter can be assessed after it is over. An encounter that was supposed to be easy, yet proved unexpectedly difficult, in hindsight, is a difficult encounter. Vice versa, an encounter that was supposed to be difficult but proved trivially easy, is an easy encounter. This is fine.I also included encounters that are way too high a level − so the challenge might be to figure out how to avoid these overly dangerous encounters. The evasion might turn out to be easy or hard.The main criterion is for an encounter that feels ‘substantial’. The gaming equivalent of a hearty meal. The rule of thumb is 8.I record each substantial encounter informally as a one stroke (1). I guess I can also easily mark a minor encounter as a minus sign (−), and an overly difficult encounter as a plus sign (+), along with the one strokes. As the marks look like they are adding up toward 8, it is time think about leveling. There is flexibility about when to level. For some levels, leveling is deferred for the sake of savoring the sweet spot. At the same time, assessing the number of minuses and pluses can be taken into account.The decision about when to level is always at the end of a gaming session. So players can work on their leveling options for their character outside of the game.</blockquote>

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