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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Harzel" data-source="post: 7201405" data-attributes="member: 6857506">This is admittedly a tangent to the tangent, but no, as far as what is in the DMG, it really isn't.Even read by itself, but even more so in the context of tables that clearly suggest equivalencies* between particular numbers of easy, medium, hard, and deadly encounters, I just can't see anything here to suggest that 6-8 medium-hard encounters is preferred or recommended over some other mix.The section on short rests does suggest, somewhat indirectly, that fewer than 3 encounters might be outside the norm.As for class balance, you are certainly correct that the number of encounters will affect class balance.  However, I see nothing in the DMG** that suggests that intended class balance is achieved at 3, 6, 8, 9, or any other particular number of encounters per day.  That classes seem balanced to you at 6-8 encounters per day may be a valuable insight gained from your experience, but it is not, as far as I can tell, in the DMG as a rule, guideline or anything else.* I am not endorsing these purported equivalencies, just pointing out that they are there.** In this section anyway; is there something somewhere else?</blockquote>