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<blockquote data-quote="Magus_Jerel" data-source="post: 151753" data-attributes="member: 3940">Keops -When determining the level of the party - you simply average all seven characters.However, when awarding the XP from the chart - you divide by seven - and not the typical four.My suggestion is to toss many smaller foes at the party - especially at first level.&nbsp; The usual &quot;CR 1&quot; encounter is a mere four goblins.&nbsp; If you double this to eight goblins, the encounter jumps to CR 3 - yes.&nbsp; However - it can be a very bad thing for a single PC to get surrounded by 8 goblins, and this is a tactical impossibility in a &quot;four on four&quot; encounter.&nbsp; Larger combat groups tend to have to avoid allowing their opponents to team up on them - and team up on their opponents.&nbsp; I would strongly advise you and your players to think in terms of the old stratagem:&quot;divide and conquer&quot;kobolds, gobins, orcs, hobgoblins and the occasional gnoll work quite well.&nbsp; Skeletons and zombies are great too - if you are into the undead thing.I have been running &quot;larger parties&quot; for quite some time, and would love to help you with the exact math involved when it comes to awarding experience - but for legal copyright reasons I want to avoid having to post information from that particular chart on a website.&nbsp; I don't know if you have a time that you could be in the chatroom of this server for me to discuss this in more detail than on the message boards.- Magus_Jerel</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Magus_Jerel, post: 151753, member: 3940"] Keops - When determining the level of the party - you simply average all seven characters. However, when awarding the XP from the chart - you divide by seven - and not the typical four. My suggestion is to toss many smaller foes at the party - especially at first level. The usual "CR 1" encounter is a mere four goblins. If you double this to eight goblins, the encounter jumps to CR 3 - yes. However - it can be a very bad thing for a single PC to get surrounded by 8 goblins, and this is a tactical impossibility in a "four on four" encounter. Larger combat groups tend to have to avoid allowing their opponents to team up on them - and team up on their opponents. I would strongly advise you and your players to think in terms of the old stratagem: "divide and conquer" kobolds, gobins, orcs, hobgoblins and the occasional gnoll work quite well. Skeletons and zombies are great too - if you are into the undead thing. I have been running "larger parties" for quite some time, and would love to help you with the exact math involved when it comes to awarding experience - but for legal copyright reasons I want to avoid having to post information from that particular chart on a website. I don't know if you have a time that you could be in the chatroom of this server for me to discuss this in more detail than on the message boards. - Magus_Jerel [/QUOTE]

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