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<blockquote data-quote="D'karr" data-source="post: 6011289" data-attributes="member: 336">The DM is supposed to be familiar with the pregens exactly for that reason.&nbsp; How many powers do you think these pregens have?&nbsp; 4 powers is not a &quot;multitude&quot;, and the classes for encounters are super simple.&nbsp; Like I mentioned for the last 4-5 seasons, out of 10, the pregens have been identical specifically to promote familiarity.&nbsp; The back side of an index card easily covers what these characters have as options.&nbsp; This is not brain surgery to a DM.&nbsp; So no &quot;screeching&quot; halts are really necessary, and as the players become more comfortable they get better at it too, requiring less DM involvement.I think you are conflating multiple issues into one, and that is not the case for encounters.[EDIT]One of my regular player groups is now at 4th level, in the current campaign.&nbsp; They did not start with 4th level characters.&nbsp; They grew into the capabilites of their characters.&nbsp; I had involvement with their characters when they were learning the system and were level 1, at this point they are the &quot;experts&quot; on their classes and I don't have to make any, or many, suggestions at all.Another group is playing at level 17, they were already seasoned veterans when we decided to do a Paragon Level campaign, and there was NO learning curve for that group.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="D'karr, post: 6011289, member: 336"] The DM is supposed to be familiar with the pregens exactly for that reason. How many powers do you think these pregens have? 4 powers is not a "multitude", and the classes for encounters are super simple. Like I mentioned for the last 4-5 seasons, out of 10, the pregens have been identical specifically to promote familiarity. The back side of an index card easily covers what these characters have as options. This is not brain surgery to a DM. So no "screeching" halts are really necessary, and as the players become more comfortable they get better at it too, requiring less DM involvement. I think you are conflating multiple issues into one, and that is not the case for encounters. [EDIT] One of my regular player groups is now at 4th level, in the current campaign. They did not start with 4th level characters. They grew into the capabilites of their characters. I had involvement with their characters when they were learning the system and were level 1, at this point they are the "experts" on their classes and I don't have to make any, or many, suggestions at all. Another group is playing at level 17, they were already seasoned veterans when we decided to do a Paragon Level campaign, and there was NO learning curve for that group. [/QUOTE]

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