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<blockquote data-quote="Grog" data-source="post: 3767274" data-attributes="member: 6183">In general, I agree with this assessment. I find that I get much better results if I ignore the CR system completely (or just use it as a loose guideline) and tailor fights against PC capabilities more directly. Sometimes the CRs for the monsters come down where they're supposed to, sometimes they don't.I don't know. I haven't sat down and analyzed why we often have fun with encounters that others think are boring. I guess it just comes down to different play styles. This isn't to say that CR-appropriate fights are never boring for us, it's just not common.I will say that there's usually a risk of PC death in our combats, even the CR-appropriate ones. It's not an incredibly high risk, but it is there. And I think that's fairly common among most gamers.I have no idea. But since no one has said that they expect or want to see guaranteed wins become commonplace in 4E, again, I'm not sure how this is relevant.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grog, post: 3767274, member: 6183"] In general, I agree with this assessment. I find that I get much better results if I ignore the CR system completely (or just use it as a loose guideline) and tailor fights against PC capabilities more directly. Sometimes the CRs for the monsters come down where they're supposed to, sometimes they don't. I don't know. I haven't sat down and analyzed why we often have fun with encounters that others think are boring. I guess it just comes down to different play styles. This isn't to say that CR-appropriate fights are never boring for us, it's just not common. I will say that there's usually a risk of PC death in our combats, even the CR-appropriate ones. It's not an incredibly high risk, but it is there. And I think that's fairly common among most gamers. I have no idea. But since no one has said that they expect or want to see guaranteed wins become commonplace in 4E, again, I'm not sure how this is relevant. [/QUOTE]

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