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Poll #487 - Adventure difficulty? (Patreon)

Published:
2025-01-15 17:32:57
Imported:
2026-06
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Poll #487 - Adventure difficulty?

  • Easier than the game suggests (my players aren't good at running their characters) 5
  • Recommended difficulty (just as the book states for the given level) 51
  • Difficult (a little bit more difficult than the book suggests) 118
  • Extreme (don't even worry about balance... that's my job as the GM) 20
  • 2025-01-15
  • —2025-01-22
  • 194 votes
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Content

Hey all,

Quick poll on adventure difficulty. How tough do you like your adventures to be in terms of how well your players are capable of handling them?

Comments

Frank Moore

I've found that following the "encounter balance" tables makes for a very easy (AKA, unchallenging) game. So, I like to throw more stuff at my players than is "customary" and see how they react.

Fergus

My (high level) players are collectively so much smarter than me that I have to actively and deliberately *try* to kill them just to provide a challenging encounter.

Mark Adams

I like to give the players an earned victory, but my players tend to fall into the first category.

Meason Kolkhorst

It depends on which part of the story. The big bad should be a little more tough, but early events should not derail the adventure.

Septentrionalis

I admit that I don’t have a whole lot of DM experience. The part of DMing that I love the best is seeing how the players act in my environment in ways that I did not expect at all 😆