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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 5748558" data-attributes="member: 54846">Bare in mind that the monster formula (HP/def/etc) was <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/4e-discussion/290812-monster-manual-3-new-math.html" target="_blank">adjusted around MM3</a>. The HP for an Elite should be: 58 (HP is calculated by twice a standard monster.) Also the Ankheg is a poor elite. Personally, if you want to make a good encounter, I'd just turn them into standard, non elites (halve the hit points, so 29 hp, get rid of the action point/bonus to saves). Use 2 ankhegs and a bunch of minions (since you're controller heavy). Also, above xp budget by 25 isn't going to be terrible. In my opinion, parties can take more than what the numbers say (sort of like in 3e how ELs weren't a science). However, you have a striker and 2 controllers, so I'd be cautious.It depends. Fewer monsters means your guys are going to womp on them - depending on the powers they have, this can mean serious lock-down (daze/immobilize/etc). Depending on the monster type, it would be rendered useless. Every monster of level+1 could work. However, I think 2 3rd level monsters + 1 5th level monster works nice. That brings it up to a 4th level encounter.</blockquote>