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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AFGNCAAP" data-source="post: 3259044" data-attributes="member: 871">I face the same problem: now I'm facing an 11-member group (I'd say between 10-12 players total).I've found out the hard way that 1 higher CR opponent vs. a lot of lower-level PCs is nasty.  High death counts, in some cases.  Then again, it sorta fits the group of weaker foes banding together to fight a bigger threat; they may succeed, but some of their number will die trying.And, with some situations/modules, upping numbers is a problem due to space--combat space is limited as it is (esp. with the optimized design for a party of 4-5 PCs).  However, upping the number of foes seems to be a better solution than upping the HD/CR of a small number of foes (or a single foe).If I had more time available, I'd consider splitting the large group into 2 smaller groups, but unfortunately, that's not very viable ATM (or for a while, it would seem).It's strange--back in the OD&D/AD&D heyday, my group was the optimal size for 3.X games (about 4-5 regulars); now, with the 3.X version, I have a group that's optimal for the old OD&D/AD&D orientation.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> And no, I don't have any of my OD&D/AD&D stuff left, so I won't switch to running that instead.</blockquote>

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