The 2024 DnD Rules Include no Guidance on the Pacing of Combat Encounters
The Adventuring Day is Dead The 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide did away with a long-maligned portion of the 2014 DMG which detailed “The Adventuring Day.” This section described a daily XP budget to be used to balance encounters throughout a busy day of adventuring, and suggested 6-8 encounters per day of roughly medium difficulty, with that count moving up or down to accommodate variations in difficulty. This section had two major problems: First, 6 to 8 encounters per day is a lot to do. At low levels, there was simply no way to slog through that much fighting and survive.
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The Adventuring Day is Dead The 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide did away with a long-maligned portion of the 2014 DMG which detailed “The Adventuring Day.” This section described a daily XP budget to be used to balance encounters throughout a busy day of adventuring, and suggested 6-8 encounters per day of roughly medium difficulty, with that count moving up or down to accommodate variations in difficulty. This section had two major problems: First, 6 to 8 encounters per day is a lot to do. At low levels, there was simply no way to slog through that much fighting and survive.
