Quote Originally Posted by Eldariel View Post
A single level 1 Fighter (let's say a Vuman Heavy Armor Master) is pretty good at beating weak things (single Goblins, single Skellies, etc.). However, if said Fighter ever runs into an equivalent enemy...say, two Orcs, they don't have anything to fall back on and they will most likely die (unless they are able to engage them out of range and the terrain prevents the Orcs from getting closer but especially with Aggressive, that's a highly specific and much less challenging encounter).
Per DMG p. 82, a "Deadly" encounter for a single level 1 character is 100 XP, or one orc. Two orcs would fall between "Hard" and "Deadly" for a 3rd level fighter.