Session Prep and Encounter Building in the D&D 2024 DMG – Lazy RPG Talk Show

2568.626 - 2585.377 Mike Shea

That way, even during the game, while I'm doing it, I can quickly do the math and go, ooh, that's going to be too hard or not. That doesn't mean you have to change it. Just because it went over the benchmark, if the scene made sense for that, and if the characters have ways to deal with it, either by running or getting the drop on the monsters ahead of time, it might still be fine.