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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 4194354" data-attributes="member: 9053">I just wanted to point out that I don't consider this issue to be one of "gamism," it's more an issue of having a fun combat encounter. Our characters from novels and film know as much or as little about their opponents as the author lets them, and they don't make mistakes about who is who in combat on that level (unless the genre is comedy).I do think it's fair game to misrepresent the opposition as weaker than thought, since that's all part of misdirection: heroes are frequently surprised with how tough their opponents are, but seldom comment on them being far weaker than they anticipated. So a fighter might use their cleave ability to chop into a group of zombies, only to find that one of them is still standing, but I wouldn't want them to waste their daily "maximumus strikus" on one. Can anyone think of a source where something like that actually happens?Managing resources of encounter and daily powers is something that makes D&D different from a novel and a movie, so it makes sense (to me anyway) to treat encounters a little different when those powers are involved.--Steve</blockquote>