Highest Level a character can reach with CR2 encounters

[BENINHB]

What is the highest level character can reach facing CR2 encounters?? Starting with a group of 4 and eventually soloing them.

 

[Dandu]

I'd imagine CR -3 or -4 encounters just stop granting XP because they're such a cakewalk.

 

[domino]

According to this calculator, level 10. You'd get 225 XP per CR 2 encounter at level 9, and keep doing so until you level up. At level 10, you get 0 XP per encounter.

 

[Dandu]

Interesting.

 

[domino]

Interestingly, according to that calculator you'd eventually hit the same level cap with a team of 4 PCs, it would just take you longer.

 

[Empirate]

Well, "CR 2 encounters" could also mean a bunch of CR 2 creatures as one encounter - so I'd say indefinitely!

 

[S'mon]

CR is for creatures, EL is for encounters. You get 0 XP for creatures whose CR is too low, no matter how many, hence the Level 10 cap.

 

[BENINHB]

That is much higher than i was expecting. I was thinking closer to level 5 or 6.

 

[S'mon]

That is much higher than i was expecting. I was thinking closer to level 5 or 6.

That would have been a better design decision, yup!

 

[agrelic]

That would have been a better design decision, yup!

Don't forget about the boredom factor. Based on my quick calculation, a single 9th level character would have to go through 40 CR 2 creatures to get to level 10. A party of four would have to go through 160. At some point the player's are going to throw up their hands and bring the whole dungeon down rather than go through more boring CR2 battles.