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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7267067" data-attributes="member: 29398">Not quite sure I get the rationale behind this preference, unless you're referring specifically to modules or APs that one or more players have been through before. (something a DM should always ask about before running a canned module if dealing with players she doesn't know)This one can't be helped.&nbsp; Even in rules-lighter 0e or 1e it's still easy to have combats go on all session once the PCs get to mid-to-high level, partcularly if there's numerous opponents who also each have loads of abilities and options to choose from. (the worst to run, believe me, are when one adventuring party fights another!)&nbsp; 3e-4e-5e are even worse in that by mid-high level both the PCs and the opponents have boatloads of h.p. to plow through and - in 4e-5e - very limited means of bypassing h.p. and going straight to the kill.Yeah, I'll get behind this one.&nbsp; Xp should be earned by what the character does, not the player.Lan-&quot;though we often joke about bribing the DM, experience tells us it never works&quot;-efan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7267067, member: 29398"] Not quite sure I get the rationale behind this preference, unless you're referring specifically to modules or APs that one or more players have been through before. (something a DM should always ask about before running a canned module if dealing with players she doesn't know) This one can't be helped. Even in rules-lighter 0e or 1e it's still easy to have combats go on all session once the PCs get to mid-to-high level, partcularly if there's numerous opponents who also each have loads of abilities and options to choose from. (the worst to run, believe me, are when one adventuring party fights another!) 3e-4e-5e are even worse in that by mid-high level both the PCs and the opponents have boatloads of h.p. to plow through and - in 4e-5e - very limited means of bypassing h.p. and going straight to the kill. Yeah, I'll get behind this one. Xp should be earned by what the character does, not the player. Lan-"though we often joke about bribing the DM, experience tells us it never works"-efan [/QUOTE]

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