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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2108671" data-attributes="member: 707">Roughly 4.&nbsp; Sometimes it will be 3 or 5, depending on how the encounters go.&nbsp; The DMG suggests that an equal CR encounter takes up about 20% of a party's resources, but in reality, some encounters are going to be tougher or easier than expected.&nbsp; That's the fun of rolling the dice. <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=";)" />It refers to a complete, eight-hour rest period.&nbsp; A full recharge.&nbsp; Every encounter is assumed to have &quot;a few minutes to heal.&quot;&nbsp; If the party does battle, then is thrown into battle again without any time between, then it isn't two separate encounters at all, it's one bigger encounter with a couple-round lull in between waves.This is one of the big differences between a table-top roleplaying game and a video game.&nbsp; When you're designing your sessions, you shouldn't be concerned with providing rest stops.&nbsp; You should be concerned with designing lairs and villains that are plausible and make sense.&nbsp; It's up to the players to know when they've expended their resources and need to retreat to recover their strength.&nbsp; Note that the game itself gives players and their PCs tools to help them with this, such as spells like Rope Trick.Players are supposed to do what they think is necessary to survive in your world.&nbsp; Sometimes that means retreating from a dungeon and finding a safe place to camp (as hidden as possible) until you can recover your strength.&nbsp; Sometimes that means casting Rope Trick inside the dungeon.&nbsp; Sometimes that means pressing on even when your resources are low.&nbsp; It depends on the game situation you provide, and the way the encounters go, and the personalities of the PCs.Yes and no.&nbsp; At high levels, a spellcaster is always going to have spells available.&nbsp; He's not always going to have useful spells available.&nbsp; After all, the balor isn't going to be impressed that the wizard still has a couple Magic Missiles and a Scorching Ray still in the tank. <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=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 2108671, member: 707"] Roughly 4. Sometimes it will be 3 or 5, depending on how the encounters go. The DMG suggests that an equal CR encounter takes up about 20% of a party's resources, but in reality, some encounters are going to be tougher or easier than expected. That's the fun of rolling the dice. ;)It refers to a complete, eight-hour rest period. A full recharge. Every encounter is assumed to have "a few minutes to heal." If the party does battle, then is thrown into battle again without any time between, then it isn't two separate encounters at all, it's one bigger encounter with a couple-round lull in between waves.This is one of the big differences between a table-top roleplaying game and a video game. When you're designing your sessions, you [i]shouldn't[/i] be concerned with providing rest stops. You should be concerned with designing lairs and villains that are plausible and make sense. It's up to the players to know when they've expended their resources and need to retreat to recover their strength. Note that the game itself gives players and their PCs tools to help them with this, such as spells like [i]Rope Trick[/i].Players are supposed to do what they think is necessary to survive in your world. Sometimes that means retreating from a dungeon and finding a safe place to camp (as hidden as possible) until you can recover your strength. Sometimes that means casting [i]Rope Trick[/i] inside the dungeon. Sometimes that means pressing on even when your resources are low. It depends on the game situation you provide, and the way the encounters go, and the personalities of the PCs.Yes and no. At high levels, a spellcaster is always going to have spells available. He's not always going to have useful spells available. After all, the balor isn't going to be impressed that the wizard still has a couple [i]Magic Missiles[/i] and a [i]Scorching Ray[/i] still in the tank. ;) [/QUOTE]

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