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<h2>LEVELS AND RANKS</h2>
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<p>
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Use levels and ranks as "sliders" to adjust the challenge posed by a battle.
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</p>
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<p class="example">
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<strong>Example:</strong> When designing a battle involving three level 10
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Player Characters, two level 10 soldiers would make for an extremely easy
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encounter, while a level 20 champion replacing four soldiers would be feasible
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but particularly challenging. Anything between those two extremes would be
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fair game — with a battle against three level 15 soldiers being the most
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“average” option.
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</p>
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<h2>IDEAL LENGTH</h2>
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<p>
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In Fabula Ultima, a conflict should ideally last three to four rounds. Keep
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this in mind when you design your battles.
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</p>
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<p>
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If you want to think in terms of damage, this means that on average, a
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successful enemy attack should do damage equal to one third of an average
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Player Character's Hit Points. Similarly, a PC's average attack should do
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damage equal to one third of an average soldier-rank enemy's Hit Points.
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</p>
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<h2>DAMAGE TYPES</h2>
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<p>
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When designing a battle, consider what types of damage the group has access
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to:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Combine adversaries with different Vulnerabilities and Resistances.</li>
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<li>
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Grant powerful adversaries the ability to alter their Vulnerabilities and
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Resistances.
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</li>
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<li>
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If a creature has a Vulnerability that two or more characters in the group
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can exploit, balance this out by enhancing their Defense, Magic Defense, or
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Hit Points.
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</li>
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<li>
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If a creature has a large amount of Hit Points (as champions often do), give
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them at least one Vulnerability that the party can use to their advantage.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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Make it so that Player Characters cannot simply apply the same highest-damage
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option over and over during battles — that can get boring fast.
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</p>
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