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<blockquote data-quote="Lalato" data-source="post: 5948828" data-attributes="member: 9171">Have you worked through the math?&nbsp; A penalty to hit is pretty severe and will likely result in enemies getting an extra round or two.&nbsp; Which means more opportunities for those enemies to cause damage.&nbsp; Which means your players will likely end up resting sooner.&nbsp; Which means you get no benefit out of it whatsoever... except longer combats, that are potentially more deadly.&nbsp; And players forced to rest because they really can't go on.The best outcome you can hope for is that players keep pushing on, but avoid combats.&nbsp; This is a great outcome, but it's not obvious by handing out penalties.&nbsp; A better way to do this is to make sure your players understand that they can get XP for avoiding the encounter instead of engaging in it.I mean... if the players come up with a great plan to avoid combat and they succeed... reward them as if they beat the encounter.&nbsp; It's a very different game, then, but hey... at least they pushed on just like you wanted. As for the healing paradox... I'll never understand why it makes such a difference to people whether healing happens quickly or slowly... but I think the real problem is DMs that kind of force their players to enter into combat instead of letting their players be rewarded for avoiding them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lalato, post: 5948828, member: 9171"] Have you worked through the math? A penalty to hit is pretty severe and will likely result in enemies getting an extra round or two. Which means more opportunities for those enemies to cause damage. Which means your players will likely end up resting sooner. Which means you get no benefit out of it whatsoever... except longer combats, that are potentially more deadly. And players forced to rest because they really can't go on. The best outcome you can hope for is that players keep pushing on, but avoid combats. This is a great outcome, but it's not obvious by handing out penalties. A better way to do this is to make sure your players understand that they can get XP for avoiding the encounter instead of engaging in it. I mean... if the players come up with a great plan to avoid combat and they succeed... reward them as if they beat the encounter. It's a very different game, then, but hey... at least they pushed on just like you wanted. As for the healing paradox... I'll never understand why it makes such a difference to people whether healing happens quickly or slowly... but I think the real problem is DMs that kind of force their players to enter into combat instead of letting their players be rewarded for avoiding them. [/QUOTE]

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