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<blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 5969642" data-attributes="member: 326">Hey Obryn! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Thanks. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :o"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" />I have talked about it elsewhere before, but never at any real length. I don't think there is an exacting level of math backing it up, its more of a guesstimate that I think will be borne out by playtesting. I have studied so many playthroughs (especially epic tier) and the common factors were that Solo Monsters were getting dropped within 2 rounds. That is twice as quickly as typical encounters (which on average should be about 4-5 rounds). So it seemed to me as if PCs were twice as effective (a +4-5 Level advantage) by the time they reached Level 30. Since the advantage must be a gradual thing over the span of 30 levels I divided it up and noted it was an effective +1 level gain for every 6 levels. That is an 18.3% increase for each level.Obviously this will vary from party to party. But I do believe that what I am recommending should be the default average, ESPECIALLY at the epic tier.Levels 21-23 - use encounters +3 levels as the averageLevels 24-29 - use encounters +4 levels as the averageLevel 30 - use encounters +5 levels as the average**Meaning the full Asmodeus entry (EL 39) would be a 50/50 encounter for a Level 30 party where 35 is the average and +4 is 50/50 chance of TPK.I do still suggest keeping monsters within 3 levels of the party (wherever possible). Especially Soldiers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Upper_Krust, post: 5969642, member: 326"] Hey Obryn! :) Thanks. :o I have talked about it elsewhere before, but never at any real length. I don't think there is an exacting level of math backing it up, its more of a guesstimate that I think will be borne out by playtesting. I have studied so many playthroughs (especially epic tier) and the common factors were that Solo Monsters were getting dropped within 2 rounds. That is twice as quickly as typical encounters (which on average should be about 4-5 rounds). So it seemed to me as if PCs were twice as effective (a +4-5 Level advantage) by the time they reached Level 30. Since the advantage must be a gradual thing over the span of 30 levels I divided it up and noted it was an effective +1 level gain for every 6 levels. That is an 18.3% increase for each level. Obviously this will vary from party to party. But I do believe that what I am recommending should be the default average, ESPECIALLY at the epic tier. Levels 21-23 - use encounters +3 levels as the average Levels 24-29 - use encounters +4 levels as the average Level 30 - use encounters +5 levels as the average* *Meaning the full Asmodeus entry (EL 39) would be a 50/50 encounter for a Level 30 party where 35 is the average and +4 is 50/50 chance of TPK. I do still suggest keeping monsters within 3 levels of the party (wherever possible). Especially Soldiers. [/QUOTE]

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