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<blockquote data-quote="Lorne" data-source="post: 3347603" data-attributes="member: 48763"><p>Greetings all,</p><p></p><p>After playing the current D&D ruleset for the past several months, I think I have a reasonable handle on how the game is played. One question I still have, though, involves the number of characters in a typical adventuring party. </p><p></p><p>Some of the out-of-print adventures in my collection include sample parties with eight or even ten members of the appropriate levels, and I can remember 1e/2e games where players ran multiple PCs or the DM ran multiple NPCs to have a larger party. In the two 3e groups that I currently attend, the parties number four and five characters, respectively. I don't know if this is a function of the personal tastes of the two DMs involved, or if there is a trend in adventure design under the current rules to have a smaller party (the DM of the 4-character party said it makes designing adventures easier; he cited that CRs are based on 4-character groups).</p><p></p><p>While I don't think that any specific number of heroes is 'ideal,' I thought that a poll on the forums would be helpful in shedding light on the subject. My thanks to anyone who votes or gives feedback.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lorne, post: 3347603, member: 48763"] Greetings all, After playing the current D&D ruleset for the past several months, I think I have a reasonable handle on how the game is played. One question I still have, though, involves the number of characters in a typical adventuring party. Some of the out-of-print adventures in my collection include sample parties with eight or even ten members of the appropriate levels, and I can remember 1e/2e games where players ran multiple PCs or the DM ran multiple NPCs to have a larger party. In the two 3e groups that I currently attend, the parties number four and five characters, respectively. I don't know if this is a function of the personal tastes of the two DMs involved, or if there is a trend in adventure design under the current rules to have a smaller party (the DM of the 4-character party said it makes designing adventures easier; he cited that CRs are based on 4-character groups). While I don't think that any specific number of heroes is 'ideal,' I thought that a poll on the forums would be helpful in shedding light on the subject. My thanks to anyone who votes or gives feedback. [/QUOTE]
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