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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gundark" data-source="post: 5879185" data-attributes="member: 6148">While valid, it also runs into a problem that we saw in past editions. If all combats are difficult do they become complex? Do we face analysis paralysis as a wrong move could end up being bad? Ultimately do combats begin to drag and we get caught up in the grind again?I also can see your point. With the 4 hit point mooks is it even worth rolling initiative? It is if there is say 20 of them, but if not...it is kind of a waste of time to go into combat either with TotM or Grid to kill the two 4 hp goblins guarding the pie.Maybe there needs to be some kind of narrative method, or some kind of abstract dice roll against some kind of DC. This roll represents how the battle went. A totally bad roll means that you killed the mooks fast but someone takes damage and the rest of the dungeon is alerted to the party's presence, a close failure means that you killed the mooks and someone takes a damage roll, and success on the roll means mooks are dead without the party expending much in the way of resources.Not everybody would find this desirable, but it does help to fix the "why bother?" aspect of speedbump encounters.</blockquote>