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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Conaill" data-source="post: 1419506" data-attributes="member: 1264">The zombie Duergar is CR 1/2, the rats 8 x CR 1/8 = CR 1, the centipede swarm is CR 4. Total EL is about 5, which is fine. You should probably change the 8 rats into a rat swarm though... no sane DM wants to keep track of eight very minor opponents in combat if there exists a good alternative mechanism.Note that now you've turned the encounter pretty much on it's head, with the insect swarm being the major opponent, the rats being nothing more than a nuisance, and the zombie will likely go down in one round. I think I liked it better the other way around, i.e. the zombie being more prominent, the insect swarm being just a nuisance. The zombie should not be too far outmatched compared to the rats, because otherwise he won't survive long being eaten (well, perhaps "survive" isn't quite the right word here...)Delivering him food, sure, but I don't see how a CR 1/2 or even CR 2 mindless zombie would be in control of a CR 5, intelligent ghost. Do you mean the other way around?</blockquote>