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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 5329771" data-attributes="member: 5890">I thought you just said that old school wasn't about grimdark one-shots?And yes, you could. Your players might not like it (mind you, i think they'd appreciate it the same amount regardless of edition), but you could do it.So take away all of their health instead: thats half their health for the day. Even better, it leaves them unconscious and vulnerable.Why would it take forever? In fact why would it take any longer than in 1e? In fact, wouldn't the simpler math make it take LESS time? If all the orcs are the same, the DM's turn doesn't get any longer. The PC turn doesn't get any longer either: there's still the same number of them, and immediate interrupts are 1/turn. Just don't do anything dumb like provoking AoOs every turn and you're golden.Now - if you want to make it a genuinely interesting fight, then yes, 4e will take longer. But so would 1e if you weren't just having each side roll dice until someone flees!</blockquote>