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<blockquote data-quote="Thanee" data-source="post: 1688321" data-attributes="member: 478">How do you read &quot;just handy&quot; instead of &quot;essential&quot; out of &quot;extremely important&quot;!? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp;&nbsp;Anyways... Yes, high level play evolves more around tougher encounters, but why is this?&nbsp;&nbsp;I think it is a direct reaction to the fact, that there is little hindering a high level party to run around at their absolute full strength all the time (or stay in a safe place the other 80% of the time).&nbsp;&nbsp;The higher EL is just to challenge the party, which is, thanks to the plethora of buffs, operating at a higher average level than their party level suggests.&nbsp; &nbsp;Now, if it wasn't that easy (i.e. since there was no Teleport), then a more &quot;natural&quot; encounter structure might work again, which would otherwise just be throwing cannonfodder at the supercharged PCs, which would in turn be boring, of course. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;&nbsp;Bye&nbsp;Thanee</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thanee, post: 1688321, member: 478"] How do you read "just handy" instead of "essential" out of "extremely important"!? :p ;) Anyways... Yes, high level play evolves more around tougher encounters, but why is this? I think it is a direct reaction to the fact, that there is little hindering a high level party to run around at their absolute full strength all the time (or stay in a safe place the other 80% of the time). The higher EL is just to challenge the party, which is, thanks to the plethora of buffs, operating at a higher average level than their party level suggests. Now, if it wasn't that easy (i.e. since there was no Teleport), then a more "natural" encounter structure might work again, which would otherwise just be throwing cannonfodder at the supercharged PCs, which would in turn be boring, of course. :) Bye Thanee [/QUOTE]

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