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<blockquote data-quote="Turtlejay" data-source="post: 5032939" data-attributes="member: 70267">Exactly!&nbsp; The OP's question is getting lost in the discussion, but he wanted to use fully built PC's as adversaries.&nbsp;Running such an encounter would be a nightmare.&nbsp; You would have 5 stacks of power cards, 5 character sheets, marking on both sides, healing quarries, shrouds, whatever, not to mention all the daily or utilities that stick around an entire encounter, and usually that is enough for one person to do.&nbsp; The DM would be doing it with all 5 of his PC's.&nbsp;Discounting all that, *if* he can keep track of it all, then his PC's operate like a hive mind, a finely tuned machine.&nbsp; They all know what is coming, because they are being run by one person.&nbsp; So now, you have the problem where your adversary PC's have *no incentive* to hold back.&nbsp; They will unload everything, and at increased efficiency.&nbsp; It is a recepie for a TPK.&nbsp;If you do this, and award XP, give them as much XP as they already have.&nbsp; They just took all of it from the party that they fought.&nbsp;Jay</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Turtlejay, post: 5032939, member: 70267"] Exactly! The OP's question is getting lost in the discussion, but he wanted to use fully built PC's as adversaries. Running such an encounter would be a nightmare. You would have 5 stacks of power cards, 5 character sheets, marking on both sides, healing quarries, shrouds, whatever, not to mention all the daily or utilities that stick around an entire encounter, and usually that is enough for one person to do. The DM would be doing it with all 5 of his PC's. Discounting all that, *if* he can keep track of it all, then his PC's operate like a hive mind, a finely tuned machine. They all know what is coming, because they are being run by one person. So now, you have the problem where your adversary PC's have *no incentive* to hold back. They will unload everything, and at increased efficiency. It is a recepie for a TPK. If you do this, and award XP, give them as much XP as they already have. They just took all of it from the party that they fought. Jay [/QUOTE]

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