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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bagpuss" data-source="post: 4631955" data-attributes="member: 3987">Because it isn't only higher levels.Bullywug Gambit (3rd level adventure), number of monsters in encounters4, 2, 3, 1, 1 , 1, 2, 1, 3 , 8 (but assisted by a 13 level NPC) Nearly half the encounters verse a single creature.The Sea Wyvern's Wake (5th level adventure)1, 1, 1, 1, 9, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3-4, 1 (11 of the fifteen encounters against a single foe).There are other adventures I could pick and I admit the Sea Wyvern's Wake is a particularly bad example (although actually a very good adventure), but I picked those because they are from a recent adventure path, and since lots of DM's use them, they are a shared experience for a lot of players.You will find a lot of published adventures tend to have a noticeable number of single or paired creature encounters, it is rare to have three or more opponents. The complete opposite of what I've found in 4th edition.</blockquote>