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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 5997491" data-attributes="member: 463">Hi - yes, creating encounters in 4e is quite easy and good fun. It was not hard in pre-3e though; it became too hard in 3e because all monsters were statted like PCs, so they were too complicated to create or modify using the RAW. NPCs also were very complex - I shudder when I look at the lone example of a statted NPC in my Pathfinder core book.I find 4e works well for a game with 1-2 big encounters a night, where you know in advance what those encounters will be. Other editions work better for exploration and sandboxing.Eg my Monday 4e game we had 1 large fight in 2.5 hours of play, the 8th level PCs defeated Koptila the undead Ogre King and destroyed the Necro-energy Monolith, then initiated a coup against the Bandit King of Llorkh.In the Pathfinder Beginner Box game the previous Wednesday, in 2.5 hours the 2nd-4th level PCs, after a uncomfortable night in the home of a strange old woman they could tell was not human, went to Castle Caldwell to clear it, and ploughed through around 15 assorted encounters with various monsters and NPCs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 5997491, member: 463"] Hi - yes, creating encounters in 4e is quite easy and good fun. It was not hard in pre-3e though; it became too hard in 3e because all monsters were statted like PCs, so they were too complicated to create or modify using the RAW. NPCs also were very complex - I shudder when I look at the lone example of a statted NPC in my Pathfinder core book. I find 4e works well for a game with 1-2 big encounters a night, where you know in advance what those encounters will be. Other editions work better for exploration and sandboxing. Eg my Monday 4e game we had 1 large fight in 2.5 hours of play, the 8th level PCs defeated Koptila the undead Ogre King and destroyed the Necro-energy Monolith, then initiated a coup against the Bandit King of Llorkh. In the Pathfinder Beginner Box game the previous Wednesday, in 2.5 hours the 2nd-4th level PCs, after a uncomfortable night in the home of a strange old woman they could tell was not human, went to Castle Caldwell to clear it, and ploughed through around 15 assorted encounters with various monsters and NPCs. [/QUOTE]

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