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<blockquote data-quote="Bacon Bits" data-source="post: 7884755" data-attributes="member: 6777737">I think 5-6 rounds is about par for a Deadly encounter. However, I can't imagine either of these combats taking more than 30 minutes from rolling initiative to the last opponent falling.Honestly, I still can't conceive of a combat taking 4 hours unless something really strange was going on like a dynamically shifting environment.I know that you run a lot of house rules based on your posts to other threads. What house rules are you using? Are you using Greyhawk Initiative, weapon speed, flanking or some other house rule that might add to the administrative overhead of the combat? Are you using miniatures or theater of the mind? How experienced are you and your players? Are you playing in person at a table or are you on like Roll20? Are you using any digital tools as DM? Are you flipping around the monster manual or do have a way to have all the monster listings at your fingertips? Do you have children or the television on or lots of texting or other frequent interruptions/distractions during play? Are your players descriptive, or do they just say, &quot;I attack the guy in front of me again!&quot; and roll a die?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bacon Bits, post: 7884755, member: 6777737"] I think 5-6 rounds is about par for a Deadly encounter. However, I can't imagine either of these combats taking more than 30 minutes from rolling initiative to the last opponent falling. Honestly, I still can't conceive of a combat taking 4 hours unless something really strange was going on like a dynamically shifting environment. I know that you run a lot of house rules based on your posts to other threads. What house rules are you using? Are you using Greyhawk Initiative, weapon speed, flanking or some other house rule that might add to the administrative overhead of the combat? Are you using miniatures or theater of the mind? How experienced are you and your players? Are you playing in person at a table or are you on like Roll20? Are you using any digital tools as DM? Are you flipping around the monster manual or do have a way to have all the monster listings at your fingertips? Do you have children or the television on or lots of texting or other frequent interruptions/distractions during play? Are your players descriptive, or do they just say, "I attack the guy in front of me again!" and roll a die? [/QUOTE]

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