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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 6250800" data-attributes="member: 3400">Suppose that the groups have identical equipment, but group 1 is made up of experienced gamers, well-versed in the rules, and group 2 is made up of relative newbies. Those groups have very different capabilities as well and could easily mean one curb stomps an encounter that would TPK the other. How do you handle balance then?My answer is pretty much the same for either, whether it's equipment, player experience, powerful builds, weak builds, or anything else. The game's a toolkit and can handle groups with those factors (granted, there are problems with mixing radically opposing factors in the game group) with GM involvement and care. If the game's a low-magic game, the opposition should also be relatively low magic - from magic powers to magic abilities needed to kill, and so on. If the group is fully of newbies, don't throw the most complex opponent at them. If they are experienced and well-equipped, dial up the danger.</blockquote>