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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7007888" data-attributes="member: 6801845">My recommendation is to use one of the alternate CR calculators mentioned above and adjust fights based on your experience.Something I do (especially with a new group) is to have the monsters I want to through and then some rough numbers of how many would make sense.  For example, I use a spreadsheet (sorry don't have the link any more) that I plug in the numbers.So let's say I have gnolls and a band of giant hyenas attacking.  Two gnolls riding two giant hyenas may be easy, 3 each is moderate, 4 each is hard and so on (I haven't actually crunched the numbers)So in my notes I havecreature         easy  med  hardgnolls             x2     x3    x4giant hyenas   x2     x3    x4In many cases it's going to be a different mix - 2 of this type of creature and 4 of that type.So I just throw an easy/medium encounter at the group.  If it's easier than I want I can always have a second wave come in.  After the first couple of encounters I know what threat level the group can handle and I adjust accordingly.  So a combination of using one of the CR calculator mixed in with the results of previous combats.Of course no calculation is perfect, some fights are going to be easier or tougher depending on synergies and other random factors.</blockquote>