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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 1498320" data-attributes="member: 463">As a player I'd _really_ hate it if I found out a GM had made an 'easy' encounter tougher in mid-stream; if they'd done it by 'forgetting' to take lost hps off the BBEG I doubt I could play under that GM again.&nbsp; I don't like GMs nerfing their too-hard encounters either, but some GMs have absolutely no sense of what's a fair fight - 20+ Yuant-Ti vs 2 4th level PCs in one battle I recall, the GM fudged it and combined with great rolling &amp; extremely good tactics from us, we survived.&nbsp; It would have been better if the GM hadn't told us he'd taken 20 hp off the Yuant-Ti leader, though.As usual I agree with StalkingBlue (my Midnight GM) that GMs shouldn't alter their encounters mid-game, OTOH don't run Int 8 orcs like they're a Spetsnaz unit, either - monster tactics should be plausible for their intelligence &amp; demeanour.&nbsp; Orcs tend to want to charge forward and hack opponents to death, they're very good at doing that, but not so great at sophisticated traps &amp; envelopments or at supporting each other in melee - though they can 'mob' lone PCs quite effectively.&nbsp; Ogres the same, only moreso.&nbsp; Goblins are sneaky but cowardly, with poor morale.&nbsp; Drow are smart, sneaky and sophisticated - great tactics, but still cowardly &amp; tend not to do team tactics so well, if the going gets tough it's every drow for herself.Last night in Midnight we had a 'too hard' fight - my brash Fighter PC totally underestimated the power of an enemy Channeler (mage-type) backed up by orcs in a defensible location - we got Webbed, Colour Sprayed &amp; stunned, Held by the enemy Legate (Cleric) etc.&nbsp; It was a military disaster - my PC only survived for now by surrendering (which kept an incapacitated PC from being CDGed), while the other 2 PCs fled.&nbsp; It was a great battle though.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 1498320, member: 463"] As a player I'd _really_ hate it if I found out a GM had made an 'easy' encounter tougher in mid-stream; if they'd done it by 'forgetting' to take lost hps off the BBEG I doubt I could play under that GM again. I don't like GMs nerfing their too-hard encounters either, but some GMs have absolutely no sense of what's a fair fight - 20+ Yuant-Ti vs 2 4th level PCs in one battle I recall, the GM fudged it and combined with great rolling & extremely good tactics from us, we survived. It would have been better if the GM hadn't told us he'd taken 20 hp off the Yuant-Ti leader, though. As usual I agree with StalkingBlue (my Midnight GM) that GMs shouldn't alter their encounters mid-game, OTOH don't run Int 8 orcs like they're a Spetsnaz unit, either - monster tactics should be plausible for their intelligence & demeanour. Orcs tend to want to charge forward and hack opponents to death, they're very good at doing that, but not so great at sophisticated traps & envelopments or at supporting each other in melee - though they can 'mob' lone PCs quite effectively. Ogres the same, only moreso. Goblins are sneaky but cowardly, with poor morale. Drow are smart, sneaky and sophisticated - great tactics, but still cowardly & tend not to do team tactics so well, if the going gets tough it's every drow for herself. Last night in Midnight we had a 'too hard' fight - my brash Fighter PC totally underestimated the power of an enemy Channeler (mage-type) backed up by orcs in a defensible location - we got Webbed, Colour Sprayed & stunned, Held by the enemy Legate (Cleric) etc. It was a military disaster - my PC only survived for now by surrendering (which kept an incapacitated PC from being CDGed), while the other 2 PCs fled. It was a great battle though. :) [/QUOTE]

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