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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 1553162" data-attributes="member: 3586">Indeed. So, where was I disagreeing with that?You said: "I don't consider making the system model something that it wasn't ever intended to represent as a major failure" in response to my post. I never, ever said that it was a major failure.I don't know who you were replying to, but it certainly wasn't me.I like the CR/EL system greatly, but understand its limitations.Lanchester's Law only really helps when you are determining the Encounter Level of individual monsters that are an appropriate challenge for the party.There's a big difference between a CR 3 monster with no damage reduction and a CR 5 monster with DR 10/magic. Let's assume that a 3rd level party has no magic weapons, and the 5th level party does have magic weapons.For the 3rd level party, the danger of multiple CR 3 monsters can be discovered by the application of Lanchester's Law.However, the CR 5 monster is a different level of threat, and so Lanchester's Law breaks down.The CR/EL system is a wonderful guideline and is surprisingly accurate - but there are break points in the system, normally related to immunities or resistances the monsters have.Cheers!</blockquote>