MonkeyMage
First Post
If you want diversed monsters in your encounters, you could try a houserule suggested a couple of threads down: multiply all monsters' HP per 1/2, but only award 2/3 of XP, while keeping the same Encounter Budget. (I think that's the same as just upping the budget by 50%). That way, you can add a couple more monsters of different roles to complement each other.
I'm not sure what you mean here. When you say "keep the same Encounter Budget" do you mean same as if it was a 5 person party?
Using my rules of a single PC with a template and a NPC cohort, but only 1.5 set of actions, do you think 2 x level budget make sense, or should it be more/less?