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<blockquote data-quote="MatthewJHanson" data-source="post: 8486972" data-attributes="member: 13968">I find there's a couple of good questions you can ask. The one I like that you seem to already be asking is &quot;how is this round different from the last one.&quot; I try to avoid rounds where it's just I have one fewer spell slot and my enemy has fewer hit points. The ideas you listed are good for that.Another question I ask is what's at stake?In any D&amp;D battle there's always the PC's lives, so dropping a PC to 0 is always good for that. Dragon breath weapons or similar nova powers are good for that.It's pretty hard to kill a PC in D&amp;D 5e though, so you can look for other stakes, other things the PCs might gain or lose from the battle. NPCs, they need to save or fleeing foes they need to prevent from escaping, enemies who possess vital information that the PCs need are all good ways to deal with that.For what it's worth I've written a couple of books called <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/340814/Advanced-Encounters-5e-BUNDLE" target="_blank">Terrain Toolbox and Alternate Objective</a> that give some advice on elements to add to spice up encounters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MatthewJHanson, post: 8486972, member: 13968"] I find there's a couple of good questions you can ask. The one I like that you seem to already be asking is "how is this round different from the last one." I try to avoid rounds where it's just I have one fewer spell slot and my enemy has fewer hit points. The ideas you listed are good for that. Another question I ask is what's at stake? In any D&D battle there's always the PC's lives, so dropping a PC to 0 is always good for that. Dragon breath weapons or similar nova powers are good for that. It's pretty hard to kill a PC in D&D 5e though, so you can look for other stakes, other things the PCs might gain or lose from the battle. NPCs, they need to save or fleeing foes they need to prevent from escaping, enemies who possess vital information that the PCs need are all good ways to deal with that. For what it's worth I've written a couple of books called [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/340814/Advanced-Encounters-5e-BUNDLE']Terrain Toolbox and Alternate Objective[/URL] that give some advice on elements to add to spice up encounters. [/QUOTE]

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