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<blockquote data-quote="JLXC" data-source="post: 217479" data-attributes="member: 2663"><p>I was not suggesting that DM's throw the SAME encounter at you if you avoid it heh, unless the encounter is someone hunting you. I am suggesting that as you adventure most DM's DO figure out what to do to challenge you. They figure the CR and the ECL and do their best to give you a "good fight" without instantly slaughtering the party. Some encounter are supposed to be hard, maybe even kill a character or two if they are not lucky, and bad rolls can send one of those encounter into a total party kill situation. Does this mean the DM was out for you? Or was the DM trying to challenge you and it just went badly? </p><p></p><p>If you are never really challenged by an encounter, you never know what bravery and strength of will is. If the game gets too easy, it gets boring. It's not about surviving, it's about FUN! Fun is winning a difficult battle and knowing it could have went the other way. Fun to ME is not winning "Yey Another Battle" and having used up a potion. YMMV</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JLXC, post: 217479, member: 2663"] I was not suggesting that DM's throw the SAME encounter at you if you avoid it heh, unless the encounter is someone hunting you. I am suggesting that as you adventure most DM's DO figure out what to do to challenge you. They figure the CR and the ECL and do their best to give you a "good fight" without instantly slaughtering the party. Some encounter are supposed to be hard, maybe even kill a character or two if they are not lucky, and bad rolls can send one of those encounter into a total party kill situation. Does this mean the DM was out for you? Or was the DM trying to challenge you and it just went badly? If you are never really challenged by an encounter, you never know what bravery and strength of will is. If the game gets too easy, it gets boring. It's not about surviving, it's about FUN! Fun is winning a difficult battle and knowing it could have went the other way. Fun to ME is not winning "Yey Another Battle" and having used up a potion. YMMV [/QUOTE]
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