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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 6366606" data-attributes="member: 996">It's just one anecdote, but last night I ran the first session of HotDQ for encounters in 5e, and, the first random encounter (3 Kobolds &amp; an Ambush Drake) the party of 6 was surprised, and the monsters did fairly well on initiative.&nbsp; 2 PCs dropped in the surprise round (1 rolled a 20 on a death save only to get dropped again), and a third in the 2nd round, before the tide turned and the party prevailed.The real problem:&nbsp; The 3 characters dropped included everyone with a healing spell of any kind, so while they were all stabilized one way or another, it was 1d4 hours of unconsciousness......and here's a little murphy's rule:&nbsp; afaict, you can't take a 'short rest' while you're snoozing away those 1d4 hours to get your 1 hp back.&nbsp; Someone has to magically heal you to get you back up and awake so you can rest and spend your HD.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 6366606, member: 996"] It's just one anecdote, but last night I ran the first session of HotDQ for encounters in 5e, and, the first random encounter (3 Kobolds & an Ambush Drake) the party of 6 was surprised, and the monsters did fairly well on initiative. 2 PCs dropped in the surprise round (1 rolled a 20 on a death save only to get dropped again), and a third in the 2nd round, before the tide turned and the party prevailed. The real problem: The 3 characters dropped included everyone with a healing spell of any kind, so while they were all stabilized one way or another, it was 1d4 hours of unconsciousness... ...and here's a little murphy's rule: afaict, you can't take a 'short rest' while you're snoozing away those 1d4 hours to get your 1 hp back. Someone has to magically heal you to get you back up and awake so you can rest and spend your HD. [/QUOTE]

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