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<blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 8469361" data-attributes="member: 8863"><p>I said earlier that pre-3e wasn't balanced per encounter like 3e tried to do; it's sort of the conventional wisdom that the earlier versions of the game went for balance over the course of a campaign.&nbsp; One aspect of that was that XP was awarded for gold; it was expected that about 75% of XP was from treasure, not monsters.&nbsp; That led to a different play style since encounters were far less rewarding and therefore more of a risk.&nbsp; Random encounters would exhaust some of the party's resources and any incidental treasure often wouldn't be worth it, and D&amp;D is partially a game of resource management.&nbsp; Many types of monsters generally didn't even carry treasure with them.&nbsp; You'd generally want to fight monsters that had lair treasures because that would be worth something.&nbsp; Or maybe an NPC party because they had magic items, but were risky in their own way.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Orius, post: 8469361, member: 8863"] I said earlier that pre-3e wasn't balanced per encounter like 3e tried to do; it's sort of the conventional wisdom that the earlier versions of the game went for balance over the course of a campaign. One aspect of that was that XP was awarded for gold; it was expected that about 75% of XP was from treasure, not monsters. That led to a different play style since encounters were far less rewarding and therefore more of a risk. Random encounters would exhaust some of the party's resources and any incidental treasure often wouldn't be worth it, and D&D is partially a game of resource management. Many types of monsters generally didn't even carry treasure with them. You'd generally want to fight monsters that had lair treasures because that would be worth something. Or maybe an NPC party because they had magic items, but were risky in their own way. [/QUOTE]

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