SheckyS
First Post
So I'm kinda new to 5e and I am about to DM my first game (via FantasyGrounds).
I've got 5 PCs, one of which is a Wizard with the Sleep spell.
According to all of the encounter difficult calculators I can find, 4 Kobolds will be Easy for this group and 5-7 will be medium difficult. But...
Kobolds average 5 HPs each.
And Sleep affects 5d8 hit points worth of enemies, right (for an average of around 22.5 HPs)? So that's at least 4 Kobolds knocked out and essentially dead in one shot. And apparently the Kobolds don't even get a save - or at least the spell description doesn't indicate one.
So isn't that kinda... overpowered?
Or have I got something wrong?
I've got 5 PCs, one of which is a Wizard with the Sleep spell.
According to all of the encounter difficult calculators I can find, 4 Kobolds will be Easy for this group and 5-7 will be medium difficult. But...
Kobolds average 5 HPs each.
And Sleep affects 5d8 hit points worth of enemies, right (for an average of around 22.5 HPs)? So that's at least 4 Kobolds knocked out and essentially dead in one shot. And apparently the Kobolds don't even get a save - or at least the spell description doesn't indicate one.
So isn't that kinda... overpowered?
Or have I got something wrong?