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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 1528284" data-attributes="member: 3424">Some comments on the encounter format:I like:1. Splitting it up into primary and secondary challenges.2. Automatic scaling of the encounter by number and level of PCs.3. Possible "collateral damage" to NPCs.4. Better reactions from NPCs as a "reward" for PCs.Suggested improvements:1. List the DC for the Spot or Listen check in the text, perhaps a description of what the PC hears or sees.2. As a convention, chance events that the PC cannot affect, such as the chance that an NPC will notice the orcs, are listed as a flat percentage chance instead of a d20 roll.3. It is not clear to me whether the first boxed text is a description or a note on the orcs' tactics.  If the latter, perhaps it could be highlighted in a separate section.4. Provide more details on how the encounter scales for 2nd and higher level characters.5. If the list of secondary encounters is not meant to be exhaustive, you should state that or provide more examples and alternatives.You might also want to look at the new encounter format used in Dungeon Magazine's Adventure Path series (the later ones, at least) to get further ideas on how to improve your format.Hope my comments have not been too critical.</blockquote>