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<blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 3638260" data-attributes="member: 198">Agreed. And I don't really think it's a problem but something to be expected. There's no way, in a game with as many random variables in it as D&amp;D (and I'm not referring to just dice here), that any system can be more than a very rough prediction at best. Considering the factors it has to take into account, I find CR/EL holds up about as well as it can be expected to.&nbsp;Good point.As I've posted in the &quot;Does D&amp;D Need An Alternate Death Mechanic?&quot; thread, that's why I allow the use of action pts (and now swashbuckling cards, which we've switched to) to survive killing blows/effects at -9 hp (and stabilized). I do tend to run brutal encounters, and without it I'd have lost one PC every 2 sessions. And that's in a campaign where PCs only have 1 or, much more rarely, 2 encounters in a given game day. In something like WLD it could be worse, though using pre-written encounters instead of ones I create might make a difference.QFT</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shilsen, post: 3638260, member: 198"] Agreed. And I don't really think it's a problem but something to be expected. There's no way, in a game with as many random variables in it as D&D (and I'm not referring to just dice here), that any system can be more than a very rough prediction at best. Considering the factors it has to take into account, I find CR/EL holds up about as well as it can be expected to. Good point. As I've posted in the "Does D&D Need An Alternate Death Mechanic?" thread, that's why I allow the use of action pts (and now swashbuckling cards, which we've switched to) to survive killing blows/effects at -9 hp (and stabilized). I do tend to run brutal encounters, and without it I'd have lost one PC every 2 sessions. And that's in a campaign where PCs only have 1 or, much more rarely, 2 encounters in a given game day. In something like WLD it could be worse, though using pre-written encounters instead of ones I create might make a difference. QFT [/QUOTE]

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