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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ruleslawyer" data-source="post: 150737" data-attributes="member: 1757">No. A group of adventurers has an EL, or Encounter Level. ECL is Effective Character Level, and is a term used to determine the effective level that a character of a more powerful non-standard race has for purposes of starting level, equipment, XP needed to advance in levels, and XP earned from encounters with a particular CR.Keops: Umbran is right. There is no hard-and-fast rule for determining the effective party level of a 7-character party. If I were you, I would treat the effective party level (EPL) of a group of 1st-level characters as 1st level. Since you are an inexperienced DM, it is better to throw challenges at the party that are too easy rather than challenges that are too difficult. Also, keep in mind that level advancement will be slower for this group than for a standard four-person group. As the PCs rise in level, though, I would change the EPL. Once they hit 3rd level, consider them EPL 4; 4th-level, EPL 5; 5th level, EPL 7, and 6th level, EPL 8. From this point on, treat the party's EPL as the average levels of party members +2. This should be subject to whether most members of the party are single-classed. If you have multiclassed spellcasters in your group (and I strongly advise you to discourage your players from multiclassing their spellcaster characters), then treat the party EPL as somewhat lower; many encounters with creatures of a certain CR depend on certain spells being available to a party where EPL = CR.</blockquote>

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