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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 1266300" data-attributes="member: 2011">I do not think the length of time is the issue.We play 7 to 8 hours every Sunday.In 8 sessions (~60 hours), our PCs went from level 2 to level 5 (just got to level 5 the middle of last Sunday). In that timeframe, we have had over 20 combats (but more than half of those were smaller quick ones).The 8 or so major combats have all been with either single creatures with a lot more hit dice/levels, or with larger groups of creatures where the PCs have higher levels than most of the creatures, but there has almost always been a few NPCs of higher level than the PCs (typically, these encounters have the NPCs outnumbering the PCs as well as having a few NPCs of higher level).5 of the NPCs have escaped from the various combats and came back for seconds (2 of those escaped a second time and decided to not come back for thirds).Actually, I was surprised when I just totaled it up. I was thinking that we averaged about 2 combats per 7-8 hour session (one major, one minor), but it is closer to 3 (one major and two minor).The major combats average about 2+ hours of gaming, the minor ones average maybe 15 to 30 minutes. So, I guess that puts us at about 40% combat, 60% everything else (mostly roleplaying, problem solving, and exploring).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 1266300, member: 2011"] I do not think the length of time is the issue. We play 7 to 8 hours every Sunday. In 8 sessions (~60 hours), our PCs went from level 2 to level 5 (just got to level 5 the middle of last Sunday). In that timeframe, we have had over 20 combats (but more than half of those were smaller quick ones). The 8 or so major combats have all been with either single creatures with a lot more hit dice/levels, or with larger groups of creatures where the PCs have higher levels than most of the creatures, but there has almost always been a few NPCs of higher level than the PCs (typically, these encounters have the NPCs outnumbering the PCs as well as having a few NPCs of higher level). 5 of the NPCs have escaped from the various combats and came back for seconds (2 of those escaped a second time and decided to not come back for thirds). Actually, I was surprised when I just totaled it up. I was thinking that we averaged about 2 combats per 7-8 hour session (one major, one minor), but it is closer to 3 (one major and two minor). The major combats average about 2+ hours of gaming, the minor ones average maybe 15 to 30 minutes. So, I guess that puts us at about 40% combat, 60% everything else (mostly roleplaying, problem solving, and exploring). [/QUOTE]

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