tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post3628209096798530329..comments2024-03-28T15:32:19.036-04:00Comments on Dungeon Fantastic: The Myth of Encounter Balance in DF FelltowerPeter Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-6699580185281887322016-07-01T00:10:40.389-04:002016-07-01T00:10:40.389-04:00Yeah, I've not one for balance these days. Wh...Yeah, I've not one for balance these days. When I was with 3.5 D&D, sure, you bet I did their little formula thing to try and offer "balance". But, it wasn't even good then, as it never considered things like equipment. A group of 4 lvl 1 orc warriors wielding stone clubs and naught else is a different challenge than the same four wearing head-to-toe heavy armor. Same CR though.<br /><br />Closest thing to balance I have at my present time is that there's always *A* way to survive an encounter. Not win, just survive. Sometimes, maybe even most times, you'll have an opportunity to kick ass and take names. Sometimes, though, not likely.MEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08086901374821838288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-5298094747982772852016-06-30T00:31:07.837-04:002016-06-30T00:31:07.837-04:00I remember a review of D&D 4E where the review...I remember a review of D&D 4E where the reviewer was praising that your 4E character could fight level 1 Dragons at Level 1 (or something like that).<br /><br />Biggest turn off ever. Like a reverse of grinding where you just devalue the opponent.<br /><br />DF made important decisions right or wrong to start at 250 points and to keep more or less GURPS rules. So eye hits might take you to -10HP even if your a 30HP character. Deal with it!<br /><br />And you don't scale linearly. 5 points in CP isn't huge some decent equipment might be worth the equivalent of 50CP. Yet if you averaging 5CP a session you should be happy. Equally a 500CP character which is 50 sessions so a year of weekly games might be an absolute monster yet still killable by negligent plays.<br /><br />Fighting a dragon will be challenging or easy at any level because 6Dx6 damage hurts whether you have 50HP or 10HP (Sure one is a lot better, but it isn't a straight line scale)<br /><br />Equally a dragon with 100HP or 200HP isn't twice as tough.<br /><br />Sure there's guidelines for 1HP monsters and having things die at 0HP or consciousness, but that's just speeding up gameplay.<br />Unachimbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873952842828774048noreply@blogger.com