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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 6180309" data-attributes="member: 3586">Low-level 3E combats take about as long as equivalent combats in 1E. An orc can be killed by a single blow by the fighter in both systems.The time taken by 3.5E combat increases significantly as levels are gained. It's been a while since I played pure 3.5E, but I got the impression that by about the time you reached levels 10-12, challenging combats were taking about an hour. By the time 20th level was reached, 2-3 hours was not uncommon. (My experiences with Pathfinder APs were shorter combats, but mostly due to bad match-ups with foes). Most 4E combats take in the range of 40-70 minutes. The number of players is a big deal - six players takes well over an hour, but three or four players can bash through them very quickly. Essentials made combats a lot quicker as well, especially at lower levels.With the HPE series, the later adventures have a strong storyline running through them. Basically P3-E3 is one story. It wasn't implemented well, but the concepts were really good.Cheers!</blockquote>