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<blockquote data-quote="Stan Shinn" data-source="post: 7685989" data-attributes="member: 99654">Folks also might want to check out the original thread for this on Google+:<a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+StanShinn/posts/ex1YqrjACuU" target="_blank">https://plus.google.com/u/0/+StanShinn/posts/ex1YqrjACuU</a>One thing I said there was &quot;...I think what you're meaning is what the WOTC conversion doc said with regard to 1e encounters having more creatures typically than 5e encounters? I did think about that, and while it might be true for thinks like a horde or orcs or goblins, lots of encounters had only 1 monster in 1e, and the math breaks down at that point IMO. Also, part of the 1e feel is having more deadly encounters, whereas the WOTC method has all the creatures being weaker than their normal 5e stats. In any case, use whatever method you like! WOTC's formula could I suppose be memorized, whereas I require a table. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /> &quot;Both techniques have their merits depending on what you're going for. I like deadly 1e encounters <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />-- Stan (Dwilimir)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stan Shinn, post: 7685989, member: 99654"] Folks also might want to check out the original thread for this on Google+: [url]https://plus.google.com/u/0/+StanShinn/posts/ex1YqrjACuU[/url] One thing I said there was "...I think what you're meaning is what the WOTC conversion doc said with regard to 1e encounters having more creatures typically than 5e encounters? I did think about that, and while it might be true for thinks like a horde or orcs or goblins, lots of encounters had only 1 monster in 1e, and the math breaks down at that point IMO. Also, part of the 1e feel is having more deadly encounters, whereas the WOTC method has all the creatures being weaker than their normal 5e stats. In any case, use whatever method you like! WOTC's formula could I suppose be memorized, whereas I require a table. :-) " Both techniques have their merits depending on what you're going for. I like deadly 1e encounters :-) -- Stan (Dwilimir) [/QUOTE]

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