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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 5394964" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>I'm not sure it is accurate to label that as an N+1 encounter just because of monster XP. The narrow terrain prevented the PCs from spreading out. The ballistas appeared to be doing enemy only area attacks. The stairs limited movement. The encounter started out with the PCs spread all over the place and they could not counterattack without multiple PCs being within an area of effect. And, you specifically targeted River. There are many reasons that this was a more difficult encounter, none of them had to do with whether River can heal an extra 15 points of healing per encounter. You put the PCs behind the eight ball before the encounter even started.</p><p></p><p>One thing that some DMs fail to notice is that terrain makes or breaks an encounter. The current encounter in Murder Most Foul has increased the difficulty of it from N-1 for creatures and traps to N+2. So, I will be handing out a terrain XP modifier. The same thing happened in the Paper Chase. The DM created narrow terrain that forced every PC to take 12 or so points of extra damage (and more for some PCs) and prevented the PCs from using several of their abilities to their advantage.</p><p></p><p>Your encounter here was increased by at least 1 due to terrain. Stuff happens in an N+2 encounter. It doesn't mean that River needs more healing. We saw from round one that it was going to be difficult due to the terrain and the area effects, so Sheeva started whipping out a Daily and an Action Point. Note: And, RumBum didn't need to use his Daily.</p><p></p><p>We still have 15 or so Dailies in the group. Faell wasn't touched and didn't use a healing surge. He's in front. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 5394964, member: 2011"] I'm not sure it is accurate to label that as an N+1 encounter just because of monster XP. The narrow terrain prevented the PCs from spreading out. The ballistas appeared to be doing enemy only area attacks. The stairs limited movement. The encounter started out with the PCs spread all over the place and they could not counterattack without multiple PCs being within an area of effect. And, you specifically targeted River. There are many reasons that this was a more difficult encounter, none of them had to do with whether River can heal an extra 15 points of healing per encounter. You put the PCs behind the eight ball before the encounter even started. One thing that some DMs fail to notice is that terrain makes or breaks an encounter. The current encounter in Murder Most Foul has increased the difficulty of it from N-1 for creatures and traps to N+2. So, I will be handing out a terrain XP modifier. The same thing happened in the Paper Chase. The DM created narrow terrain that forced every PC to take 12 or so points of extra damage (and more for some PCs) and prevented the PCs from using several of their abilities to their advantage. Your encounter here was increased by at least 1 due to terrain. Stuff happens in an N+2 encounter. It doesn't mean that River needs more healing. We saw from round one that it was going to be difficult due to the terrain and the area effects, so Sheeva started whipping out a Daily and an Action Point. Note: And, RumBum didn't need to use his Daily. We still have 15 or so Dailies in the group. Faell wasn't touched and didn't use a healing surge. He's in front. :lol: [/QUOTE]
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