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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Philip" data-source="post: 2408337" data-attributes="member: 10993">Thanks guys, for all the advice! I will try to respond below:They do want to fight, but only when it's:A. Essential to their character's goalsB. The odds are so to their advantage that there's no real chance of losing.It's just when getting to the higher levels they get more and more options to fight only when they meet both A and B. Wind Walk, Plane Shift, Teleport, Invisibility, long range blast spells, extensive buffing etc.True, but I also believe this is a game, which has strong roots in using combat as a conflict resolution mechanism. When you play RISK it might be preferable to toss and let that decide the winner instead of actually getting your armies to clash.Most characters have clear goals and missions. Maybe the problem is, as the campaign is progressing, the stakes are increasing as well. First it's just bandits menacing the local town, now they are on missions critical to the entire nation.One of the comments I got from the players earlier was that they always felt they were on a tight schedule, or had no choice but to act or else people or ideas their to them would suffer. In response I 'relaxed' the time-table of some missions. But now they just use the extra time to flee at the first sight of trouble and return super-prepared, turning a challenging encounter into a walkover. Smart, yes, fun, no.They have no preference for pacifism. One of the PCs is cleric of the ruling god in a theocracy, and now he reached 12th level his word practically is the law in most situations:he has been known to judge and execute suspected criminals on the spot. One other is a fighter out to make a name for himself as a great warrior. War and Battle is even in the portfolio of the cleric's god. The PCs are not scared, the players are.I like to set up a mix of encounters, some easy, some hard. I like key encounters to be challenging: so that if the PCs don't make good use of their abilities they will lose.I am using these happily in another campaign, but this campaign is way too serious for these cards.</blockquote>

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