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<blockquote data-quote="Shardstone" data-source="post: 9352836" data-attributes="member: 6807784"><p>There was another thread recently by Quickleaf (I think) asking for similar advice. I have to find my post in there, but to sum it up, I treat every encounter like the party is going to be fully-rested and so every encounter is serious in terms of threat. This is because, at full resources, a high level party can be counted on to succeed against anything CR 30 or below. Often several times over. This method cuts down on pointless combats and makes even 2-3 combats chained feel like a heroic and legendary gauntlet. I use a lot of other rules though, like Countdowns for Strategic Objectives, Trick Attacks, more conditions, terrain stuff, battlefield assets, to make combat fun and not just stat block vs character sheet. It makes my combats longer (at high levels, a good combat runs 30 minutes to an hour), but it makes the combats very fun and memorable both mechanically and narratively.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Shardstone, post: 9352836, member: 6807784"] There was another thread recently by Quickleaf (I think) asking for similar advice. I have to find my post in there, but to sum it up, I treat every encounter like the party is going to be fully-rested and so every encounter is serious in terms of threat. This is because, at full resources, a high level party can be counted on to succeed against anything CR 30 or below. Often several times over. This method cuts down on pointless combats and makes even 2-3 combats chained feel like a heroic and legendary gauntlet. I use a lot of other rules though, like Countdowns for Strategic Objectives, Trick Attacks, more conditions, terrain stuff, battlefield assets, to make combat fun and not just stat block vs character sheet. It makes my combats longer (at high levels, a good combat runs 30 minutes to an hour), but it makes the combats very fun and memorable both mechanically and narratively. [/QUOTE]

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