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Unexpected TPK: Unbalanced, bad circumstances, or fluke?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mal Malenkirk" data-source="post: 4322237" data-attributes="member: 834"><p>Yes, but 275 XP is no challenge at all to 4 level 1 PC.</p><p></p><p>Don't be afraid to do 400xp for 4 players. These are easy fights that shouldn't require the dailies.</p><p></p><p>The OP situation is really caused by the higher swinginess of having just 2 PC and none of them being a defender. My campaign has a balanced party of 4 and they can handle tough fights.</p><p></p><p>You'll only get in trouble with 400xp at level 1 if the players are using very bad tactics (Beyond beginner and into idiocy ; never really saw those myself) orr if the 400XP was achieved by using only one or two monsters of much higher level than the PC. </p><p></p><p>You can go as high as 600xp for a big fight if they still have most of their dailies available. Those are really fun fight but by this point make sure the players are in tune with 4e tactics because now we're talking real risk. Those are the best fights because your decisions matter a lot more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mal Malenkirk, post: 4322237, member: 834"] Yes, but 275 XP is no challenge at all to 4 level 1 PC. Don't be afraid to do 400xp for 4 players. These are easy fights that shouldn't require the dailies. The OP situation is really caused by the higher swinginess of having just 2 PC and none of them being a defender. My campaign has a balanced party of 4 and they can handle tough fights. You'll only get in trouble with 400xp at level 1 if the players are using very bad tactics (Beyond beginner and into idiocy ; never really saw those myself) orr if the 400XP was achieved by using only one or two monsters of much higher level than the PC. You can go as high as 600xp for a big fight if they still have most of their dailies available. Those are really fun fight but by this point make sure the players are in tune with 4e tactics because now we're talking real risk. Those are the best fights because your decisions matter a lot more. [/QUOTE]
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