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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 6805836" data-attributes="member: 53980"><p>This.</p><p></p><p>3rd edition only required about 3.3 monsters per PC to level, but each of those monsters was an average encounter unto itself, requiring 13.3 encounters for the assumed 4 person party.</p><p></p><p>Conversely, while 4th required each PC to slay 10 monsters per level, the average assumption was one monster per PC each encounter, resulting in only 10 encounters per level.</p><p></p><p>Of course, that doesn't take into account how long each encounter takes to play. I'd say that 5th has both editions beat in that regard, hands down. 4e encounters could easily take an hour at any level, and by high levels 3rd was much the same in my experience. In stark contrast, the players in my 5e campaign just hit 19th level last session, and even at such high levels deadly encounters probably take an average of 30 minutes to resolve.</p><p></p><p>5e definitely feels like the fastest leveling edition to me. My campaign has been running for almost a year now, every other week, for roughly 4-6 hour sessions, and they're on the cusp of 20th level. Full disclosure, I do reward extra XP for good roleplaying and clever ideas, but I've been doing that in every edition since 2nd so it arguably evens out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 6805836, member: 53980"] This. 3rd edition only required about 3.3 monsters per PC to level, but each of those monsters was an average encounter unto itself, requiring 13.3 encounters for the assumed 4 person party. Conversely, while 4th required each PC to slay 10 monsters per level, the average assumption was one monster per PC each encounter, resulting in only 10 encounters per level. Of course, that doesn't take into account how long each encounter takes to play. I'd say that 5th has both editions beat in that regard, hands down. 4e encounters could easily take an hour at any level, and by high levels 3rd was much the same in my experience. In stark contrast, the players in my 5e campaign just hit 19th level last session, and even at such high levels deadly encounters probably take an average of 30 minutes to resolve. 5e definitely feels like the fastest leveling edition to me. My campaign has been running for almost a year now, every other week, for roughly 4-6 hour sessions, and they're on the cusp of 20th level. Full disclosure, I do reward extra XP for good roleplaying and clever ideas, but I've been doing that in every edition since 2nd so it arguably evens out. [/QUOTE]
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