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<blockquote data-quote="Silveras" data-source="post: 2795852" data-attributes="member: 6271">Nope. PCs do not have a CR. CR is a rating of how dangerous the creature/trap is. It indicates what level a characters would have a reasonable chance of success. A CR 4 creature is a challenged for a party of 4 4th level characters. It is quite likely to kill at least one, probably two, possibly three or all four of a party of 1st level characters facing it. According to the designers, 3rd Edition is designed to require about 13 &quot;appropriate CR&quot; encounters for a party to reach the next level. The DM has some leeway to mix in higher and lower CR encounters, realizing that lower CR = easier, and higher = harder. An &quot;appropriate CR&quot; encounter is one equal to the AVERAGE (not SUM) of the character's levels. There is a chart in the DMG (p.49) indicating the relative recommended frequency of easier and harder encounters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Silveras, post: 2795852, member: 6271"] Nope. PCs do not have a CR. CR is a rating of how dangerous the creature/trap is. It indicates what level a characters would have a reasonable chance of success. A CR 4 creature is a challenged for a party of 4 4th level characters. It is quite likely to kill at least one, probably two, possibly three or all four of a party of 1st level characters facing it. According to the designers, 3rd Edition is designed to require about 13 "appropriate CR" encounters for a party to reach the next level. The DM has some leeway to mix in higher and lower CR encounters, realizing that lower CR = easier, and higher = harder. An "appropriate CR" encounter is one equal to the AVERAGE (not SUM) of the character's levels. There is a chart in the DMG (p.49) indicating the relative recommended frequency of easier and harder encounters. [/QUOTE]

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