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<blockquote data-quote="Gears" data-source="post: 4464524" data-attributes="member: 67939">I should've been more clear about the &quot;weakened monsters&quot; comment.&nbsp; Clearly, if you cut their HP in half they've been weakened.&nbsp; The opinion which fascinates me, though I wonder about its accuracy, is this:I've heard some claim that the overall effectiveness of the monster isn't really reduced greatly, because the latter half of a fight is really just tedious chipping away at each other's HP, with the PCs occasionally healing themselves.&nbsp; Killing a monster with your expendable powers is equivalent, but shorter, than hurting a monster with your expendable powers and then playing slug-buddies for the next half hour waiting for him to finally drop.Again, I'm not really sure I believe this, but I'd like to.&nbsp; I've seen it claimed on the WotC boards (I think) more than once, but I have my doubts.&nbsp; Could half hp simply be trimming the fat off a bloated combat while leaving the tasty bits intact?&nbsp; I don't know.&nbsp; I'm hoping someone who's tried this sort of thing out will have an informed opinion.Halving PC hp does seem like a logical counterpoint to halving monster hp.&nbsp; Any other potential pitfalls to doing that?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gears, post: 4464524, member: 67939"] I should've been more clear about the "weakened monsters" comment. Clearly, if you cut their HP in half they've been weakened. The opinion which fascinates me, though I wonder about its accuracy, is this: I've heard some claim that the overall effectiveness of the monster isn't really reduced greatly, because the latter half of a fight is really just tedious chipping away at each other's HP, with the PCs occasionally healing themselves. Killing a monster with your expendable powers is equivalent, but shorter, than hurting a monster with your expendable powers and then playing slug-buddies for the next half hour waiting for him to finally drop. Again, I'm not really sure I believe this, but I'd like to. I've seen it claimed on the WotC boards (I think) more than once, but I have my doubts. Could half hp simply be trimming the fat off a bloated combat while leaving the tasty bits intact? I don't know. I'm hoping someone who's tried this sort of thing out will have an informed opinion. Halving PC hp does seem like a logical counterpoint to halving monster hp. Any other potential pitfalls to doing that? [/QUOTE]

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