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Message: <blockquote data-quote="athos" data-source="post: 5294394" data-attributes="member: 32605">The CR is the level for PCs. What you will want to try and do is create encounters where the ECL is high and the CR is low, otherwise, 4 3rd level PCs will end up being a CR 7 encounter if you use the DMG for a guideline, and obviously they are nowhere near that powerful normally. But, let's say you want to make an encounter with a sorcerer for your group.  Make the sorcerer level 4, and give him glitterdust or some decent spell, maybe a minor wand as well, throw in some 3 orcs for a body guard and you have an encounter that is appropriate for your 2nd level party.</blockquote>