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<blockquote data-quote="Shin Okada" data-source="post: 1632192" data-attributes="member: 1956">I am second to this way of thinking. Monster CR are assuming that PC meets only 1 of them, or just several number of the same things. On the other hand, NPCs are supposed to be a member of relatively well-balanced party. And they are assumed to use their abilities and items cleverly.Here is a tricky part. You DMs must be very careful when combining simple brute monsters with NPC spell casters. When playing &quot;Against the Giants&quot; modules in 3e, my friend DM has thrown in some evil clerics as support (in the campaign PCs were fighting against an evil knightly order). He has replaced some of the giants with human NPC clerics. Though, in calculation, EL of the each encounters were the same, actual encounter had become really tough ones. So, when you don't use monsters in such different way, you must consider taking it as a &quot;tougher encounter&quot; and adjust EL. That is my two cents.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shin Okada, post: 1632192, member: 1956"] I am second to this way of thinking. Monster CR are assuming that PC meets only 1 of them, or just several number of the same things. On the other hand, NPCs are supposed to be a member of relatively well-balanced party. And they are assumed to use their abilities and items cleverly. Here is a tricky part. You DMs must be very careful when combining simple brute monsters with NPC spell casters. When playing "Against the Giants" modules in 3e, my friend DM has thrown in some evil clerics as support (in the campaign PCs were fighting against an evil knightly order). He has replaced some of the giants with human NPC clerics. Though, in calculation, EL of the each encounters were the same, actual encounter had become really tough ones. So, when you don't use monsters in such different way, you must consider taking it as a "tougher encounter" and adjust EL. That is my two cents. [/QUOTE]

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