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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 9819461" data-attributes="member: 6685730">If there are, I'm not sure I'd want to play them.  For the rules of a D&D-like to guarantee tough, but not deadly, encounters, characters would have to run on rails resembling 4th ed. D&D: all characters do the same stuff, they're just powers with different names.Expecting regular tough-but-not-deadly encounters is like expecting an even tax balance.  You're going to owe or get a refund.  There's a theoretical sweet spot of $0, but you're not going to hit it.So where's the fun and engaging non-TPK?  It's in the hands of a skilled GM.  It's recognizing that fighting to death is usually undesirable, that reinforcements are available, that victory isn't just another attack roll, or that a fudged roll isn't cheating.</blockquote>