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<blockquote data-quote="Magesmiley" data-source="post: 2963165" data-attributes="member: 26292">Well, my first observation is that when players are used to facing a particular style of game, they typically hone their abilities to that style of threat. Having an encounter set up by someone other than the one who usually creates what they typically face can make for a very difficult game. In other words, it may be a case that the players were accustomed to using a particular set of tactics to take down their foes and their normal tactics didn't work as well this time, with them not realizing that they weren't working until it was too late. Consider for example, a DM who relies very heavily on brute strength creatures and lots of damage spells. If the encounter is built by a different DM who utilizes sneakiness and area control magic and effects, the party may have a very rough time with the encounter, as they've built up one set of expectations and tactics and are suddenly facing something very different.I'm not saying that this is what happened, but it it is entirely possible.As to whether the encounter was too difficult, a lot of that is going to depend on the berserker. Any chance you could post up the specifics of the berserker?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Magesmiley, post: 2963165, member: 26292"] Well, my first observation is that when players are used to facing a particular style of game, they typically hone their abilities to that style of threat. Having an encounter set up by someone other than the one who usually creates what they typically face can make for a very difficult game. In other words, it may be a case that the players were accustomed to using a particular set of tactics to take down their foes and their normal tactics didn't work as well this time, with them not realizing that they weren't working until it was too late. Consider for example, a DM who relies very heavily on brute strength creatures and lots of damage spells. If the encounter is built by a different DM who utilizes sneakiness and area control magic and effects, the party may have a very rough time with the encounter, as they've built up one set of expectations and tactics and are suddenly facing something very different. I'm not saying that this is what happened, but it it is entirely possible. As to whether the encounter was too difficult, a lot of that is going to depend on the berserker. Any chance you could post up the specifics of the berserker? [/QUOTE]

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