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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8268584" data-attributes="member: 6779196">I haven’t ended a session mid-combat since switching from 4e to 5e. It happened fairly often in 4e, but I always hated it. We’d have to take a picture of the table so we knew how to set it back up the next week, and then it would always take a bit in the beginning of the session to remind ourselves what had been going on. It was just a mess. With 5e combat generally going faster, I’ve been able to make sure this doesn’t happen any more.I also try to structure my sessions so they end on some kind of resolution, reversal, or new incitement to action, and I will end a session early to insure this happens. When it starts getting close to time to end a session, I’ll start paying attention for one of those things - completing a major objective, winning a climactic encounter, or suffering a significant setback. If one of those things doesn’t look likely to happen soon, I’ll try to end on a cliffhanger, like just before a big set piece encounter, rather than risk ending in the middle of the action.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 8268584, member: 6779196"] I haven’t ended a session mid-combat since switching from 4e to 5e. It happened fairly often in 4e, but I always hated it. We’d have to take a picture of the table so we knew how to set it back up the next week, and then it would always take a bit in the beginning of the session to remind ourselves what had been going on. It was just a mess. With 5e combat generally going faster, I’ve been able to make sure this doesn’t happen any more. I also try to structure my sessions so they end on some kind of resolution, reversal, or new incitement to action, and I will end a session early to insure this happens. When it starts getting close to time to end a session, I’ll start paying attention for one of those things - completing a major objective, winning a climactic encounter, or suffering a significant setback. If one of those things doesn’t look likely to happen soon, I’ll try to end on a cliffhanger, like just [I]before[/I] a big set piece encounter, rather than risk ending in the middle of the action. [/QUOTE]

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