Bad example, hoss:

It means he has to do a minimum of 40 years before becoming eligible for parole, at which point it’s up to the parole board to determine if/when to release him. In any case, he could not serve more than the maximum 125 years without being released (assuming for the sake of explanation that a human being could live…

I agree in general that combat in PF/D&D can really be a slog in general, but the problem you’re describing sounds more like a failure of imagination on the part of the GM. Just because some people have boring goblin encounters doesn’t mean EVERYBODY has to have boring goblin encounters.

e.g., http://goblinpunch.blogs…