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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GameOgre" data-source="post: 5683924" data-attributes="member: 57914">If the encounters are too easy and not challenging enough add a trap that you have used before intot he next encounter. Have the minions or whatever standing right in front of a pit trap. The party charges them and righ tinto the trap. Not only would passive not work there but they should get a penalty! Hard to keep a eye out for traps while watching where that blade is going ehh? If that isnt more challenging then start adding a few more monsters. Remember the guides tell you how to create a balanced encounter for a balanced party!  If the players bend the rules towards creating super characters then just bend them right back!  Add a Solo monster to the next encounter and see how that floats there boat! A solo that could be run away from would be nice in case you goof it! Remember in 4E you are not trapped by the rules! They are a rough guideline and I love them but if the encounter,adventure,game isn't working for you.....then feel free to fix it! Next time they have a passive perception detect a trap add a extra trap that they didnt see! Then run them over with a (random) encounter in the middle of dealing with those traps! This dungeon is all about feel! Keep them guessing and scared. IMHO if your players are playing Tomb of Horrors and you have not killed one yet then you are not doing the adventure right! It's the bloody Tomb of Horrors! Start tunring the encounters up till someone dies! Then make it a little harder and then you will have it. Killing pc's for no reason isnt cool,fun or good for your game but either is not challenging them or running the Tomb of Horrors like a normal adventure!  The good news is this. Right now in the adventure they have only really been in the (fake) Tomb! use the advice and whats left of the adventure to retune it to be a death dealing machine! Characters made up just to beat the Tomb do NOT deserve a fair chance!</blockquote>

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