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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9585257" data-attributes="member: 18">To be honest, I only know we had a fair few because one campaign we ran, one of the players decided to keep track of damage done and who killed what monster, and his notes included rounds, so we could see what I (another player) was able to identify as Medium and Hard (by 2014 standards) encounters sometimes ended in one round. A lot more were essentially &quot;over&quot; by the end of round 1, with round 2/3 being &quot;mop up&quot; rather than there being any potential for the PCs to suffer serious setbacks. Almost none lasted more than 3 unless there was some kind of &quot;immunity&quot; phase or the like. This was with a 5-PC party. But if you'd asked me I dunno if I would have remembered many 1-rounders.Playing through Strahd with a mostly a 3-PC party we had a LOT of stuff hit round 4 or even 5 or later though, even though the PCs were being played more optimally. I am now wondering if the DM was just giving us 4 or 5 person encounters though! Perhaps that's the secret! Add an extra PC for your calculations if they're too sassy damage-wise!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 9585257, member: 18"] To be honest, I only know we had a fair few because one campaign we ran, one of the players decided to keep track of damage done and who killed what monster, and his notes included rounds, so we could see what I (another player) was able to identify as Medium and Hard (by 2014 standards) encounters sometimes ended in one round. A lot more were essentially "over" by the end of round 1, with round 2/3 being "mop up" rather than there being any potential for the PCs to suffer serious setbacks. Almost none lasted more than 3 unless there was some kind of "immunity" phase or the like. This was with a 5-PC party. But if you'd asked me I dunno if I would have remembered many 1-rounders. Playing through Strahd with a mostly a 3-PC party we had a LOT of stuff hit round 4 or even 5 or later though, even though the PCs were being played more optimally. I am now wondering if the DM was just giving us 4 or 5 person encounters though! Perhaps that's the secret! Add an extra PC for your calculations if they're too sassy damage-wise! [/QUOTE]

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