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Thanks for the mention, @Morrus, which brought this to my attention! And for the plug, @Fion.
Basically, it's how difficult the encounter is for the players; it's an attempt to take into account the economy of actions. Fighting 8 kobolds at once is more difficult than fighting 8 kobolds one at a time.
It's in the section on building combat encounters near the end of the basic rules; in a nutshell, there's a multiplier that you apply based on how many monsters there are and the party size.
Sorry for not posting about this here... It's been years since I did anything related to D&D, so ENWorld kind of fell off my radar. My B.
Also, everything after the # is not necessary for the link... easier to remember asmor.com/5e/monsters![]()
Ok thanks!