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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 2498632" data-attributes="member: 22424">Note that he didn't say it was a random encounter - it's entirely likely that the beholder chose those grimlocks as his elite guard because they were higher level. The fact that they were all 6th level and (probably) had identical stats is purely out of a need for simplicity - there's little point in generating 6 sets of individual stats for some NPCs who will be met in combat once, and used for perhaps 20 minutes.It is a problem when the level of the NPCs that are encountered increases as the PCs also increase in level. However, if they don't increase, the opponents just aren't a challenge. Might as well say "you're accosted by bandits. What do you want to do with them once you've defeated them?"With magic items or no, a group of 8th level PCs will not be challenged by a band of 1st level bandits, almost regardless of how many there are. All it takes is a handful of sleep spells, and they're dealt with. It's the same problem as is found with mass combat in D&D - large numbers of low-level opponents are just too vulnerable to area effect and multiple target spells to make such things viable.</blockquote>