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Message: <blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 8262244" data-attributes="member: 11">Six to eight seems like double the usual amount to me. In my games, 3 to 4 encounters during an "adventuring day" (however nebulous that idea is) is more the norm, though not all of those are necessarily combat (though some could be).So my last two sessions (most of which happened within a 24 hour period):<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">PC barbarian fight off drug-thugs at an inn by himself but gives in to poison and is captured - one encounter (at about 2 AM, the rest of the party is having a long rest elsewhere)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The rest of the party come looking for him after breakfast - fight some more goons at the inn, but barby is not around! - one encounter</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Party uses magic resources (locate object) to find barby's gear and thus find him, whacked out in a root cellar - he is so drugged out he has not had the effect of a long rest despite it being over 8 hours they fight the people holding him - one encounter</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">After a short rest, the party travels to local temple to investigate something [session ends here and new one begins]- but are turned away - this encounter includes no combat, but they were prepared for some and two members of the party searched the perimeter - one encounter</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Party discovers missing mayor has returned to town surrounded by new guards and acting weird - consider a fight, but leave instead b/c the guards look tough and there are innocents around. Barbarian manages a long rest  while everyone else chills out waiting for night fall. - one encounter</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">At midnight party returns to temple is ambushed - very tough fight (one encounter)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Immediately after encounter, have barely collected themselves when evil monks burst into the temple room - (one encounter). Party takes a short rest.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Party searches temple and fights some zombies (one encounter)</li> </ul>So except for the oddity of the barbarian's rest being "off-schedule," that is nine encounters, six of which featured some combat and two of which could have been a fight, but weren't.Today's session we start off immediately after the zombie fight. . . I doubt they'll take another short rest just yet and won't be trying for a long rest until after they leave the temple - and even then the barbarian is still going to be off schedule until they have a couple days of downtime.Anyway, this is a little more than normal - I'd say counting combat encounters only 2 to 4 is more likely - though obvi many "adventuring" days can sometimes go by with no combat encounters - it just depends on the adventure and PC choices.</blockquote>

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