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<blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 6955719" data-attributes="member: 6788736">If I can summarize Capns position:'I dont police the adventuring day and routinely let my savvy players nova strike and dump every resource they have on a single encounter, in a game designed around them having to ration them out over 6-8 encounters.The encounters are getting steamrolled.Accordingly... the CR system is borked.'ITS NOT THE CR SYTEM THAT IS BORKED.The mechanical problem (if any) is that the game assumes a longer adventuring day as the default, and bases the rest of its mechanics around this assumption (class and encounter balance). Without using a variant (gritty realism) it doesn't support games that default to single encounter adventuring days.Critiquing this design decision is a fair criticism. There are reasons for its existence, but there are also arguments that the devs could have found a better workaround.The actual problem at Capns table is (as DM) he either willfully ignores this game assumption (despite it being pointed out to him dozens of times) or chooses not to enforce it. He cant exactly claim ignorance of it.There is no problem with the CR system. The mechanical 'problem' [if any - many see it as a feature or are neutral about it] is with the adventuring day requiring a series of encounters (between long rests) to make sense.Can we not all agree on this point at least?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flamestrike, post: 6955719, member: 6788736"] If I can summarize Capns position: [I]'I dont police the adventuring day and routinely let my savvy players nova strike and dump every resource they have on a single encounter, in a game designed around them having to ration them out over 6-8 encounters. The encounters are getting steamrolled. Accordingly... the CR system is borked.'[/I] ITS NOT THE CR SYTEM THAT IS BORKED. The mechanical problem (if any) is that [B]the game assumes a longer adventuring day as the default[/B], and bases the rest of its mechanics around this assumption (class and encounter balance). Without using a variant (gritty realism) it doesn't support games that default to single encounter adventuring days. Critiquing this design decision is a fair criticism. There are reasons for its existence, but there are also arguments that the devs could have found a better workaround. The actual problem at Capns table is (as DM) he either [I]willfully ignores[/I] this game assumption (despite it being pointed out to him dozens of times) or [I]chooses [/I]not to enforce it. He cant exactly claim ignorance of it. There is no problem with the CR system. The mechanical 'problem' [if any - many see it as a feature or are neutral about it] is with the adventuring day requiring a series of encounters (between long rests) to make sense. Can we not all agree on this point at least? [/QUOTE]

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