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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 7588734" data-attributes="member: 6987520">Given your party size and the NPCs, 3 opponents will be better than 2 IMO. Depending on how much the NPCs contribute you are looking at a &quot;hard encounter&quot;. If the NPCs contribute more, it might bring it to a moderate level.A direction comparison is that 2 Frost Giants is about equal to 3 Hill Giants. Yes, it is 2 vs 3, but the Frost Giants have better AC and more HP, slightly better attack and better damage. The extra Hill Giant makes up for the lower numbers compared to the Frost Giants.If you reskin the 3 Hill Giants to 3 &quot;Young&quot; Frost Giants, I would keep the AC 15, but lower HP, attack, and damage to Hill Giant levels. The AC boost might bring the CR up to 6 instead of 5 but will make the encounter more challenging given the number of people in the party.Of course, I agree with some others that blended encounters always tend to be more interesting. Frost giants with Winter Wolves, or even one Adult Frost Giant &quot;teaching&quot; two younger ones might be good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 7588734, member: 6987520"] Given your party size and the NPCs, 3 opponents will be better than 2 IMO. Depending on how much the NPCs contribute you are looking at a "hard encounter". If the NPCs contribute more, it might bring it to a moderate level. A direction comparison is that 2 Frost Giants is about equal to 3 Hill Giants. Yes, it is 2 vs 3, but the Frost Giants have better AC and more HP, slightly better attack and better damage. The extra Hill Giant makes up for the lower numbers compared to the Frost Giants. If you reskin the 3 Hill Giants to 3 "Young" Frost Giants, I would keep the AC 15, but lower HP, attack, and damage to Hill Giant levels. The AC boost might bring the CR up to 6 instead of 5 but will make the encounter more challenging given the number of people in the party. Of course, I agree with some others that blended encounters always tend to be more interesting. Frost giants with Winter Wolves, or even one Adult Frost Giant "teaching" two younger ones might be good. [/QUOTE]

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