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<blockquote data-quote="Grimstaff" data-source="post: 6479961" data-attributes="member: 34880">IME, you have to keep CR very fluid; its very important to take into account the number of enemies and where the party is at in terms of using its resources for the day. Number of enemies makes a huge difference - four 5E PCs deal out a hell of lot more damage than they take against a solo monster in most cases, whereas groups of monsters can really mess up even a strong party. Gangs of ghouls in my last session led to two near-tpks, while the &quot;boss&quot; of the adventure was taken down with little effort.Resources are huge too, a party with full spells, action surge, second wind, etc is far more deadly than the party that's just doing anything it can to find a safe space for a long rest.It helps to be willing to flex your DM muscles and modify the occasional encounter on the fly - if your big bad's a pushover, give him a potion of &quot;super-healing&quot; and a couple of lair abilities, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grimstaff, post: 6479961, member: 34880"] IME, you have to keep CR very fluid; its very important to take into account the number of enemies and where the party is at in terms of using its resources for the day. Number of enemies makes a huge difference - four 5E PCs deal out a hell of lot more damage than they take against a solo monster in most cases, whereas groups of monsters can really mess up even a strong party. Gangs of ghouls in my last session led to two near-tpks, while the "boss" of the adventure was taken down with little effort. Resources are huge too, a party with full spells, action surge, second wind, etc is far more deadly than the party that's just doing anything it can to find a safe space for a long rest. It helps to be willing to flex your DM muscles and modify the occasional encounter on the fly - if your big bad's a pushover, give him a potion of "super-healing" and a couple of lair abilities, etc. [/QUOTE]

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