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(CR ratings) Could 6 level 6 characters survive and beat a Young Blue Dragon?
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<blockquote data-quote="Pickles III" data-source="post: 6627194" data-attributes="member: 6793942"><p>The CR does double duty as it comes with an XP value for setting encounter budgets & it has a threat level that indicates how likely it is to kill threaten to kill PCs more or less by chance. </p><p></p><p>So your single dragon encounters would most likely be readily overcome by the PCs but there is a risk they get a KIA - say recharging a breath weapon rapidly & hitting the same PC with it who then goes on to fail their saves.</p><p></p><p>CRs are at the handwaviest end of the 5e rules & are very much guidlelines some of which are not very reliable. A low AC monster with lots of HP & several low damage attacks is far more predictable than a high AC monster with a single huge damage attack for example. Shadows attack STR which does not scale with level so a huge pack of them could be very deadly to any party etc.</p><p></p><p>Anyway after the mathematical delights of 4e balance we have to fall back much more on judgement again in this edition, which obviously comes with experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pickles III, post: 6627194, member: 6793942"] The CR does double duty as it comes with an XP value for setting encounter budgets & it has a threat level that indicates how likely it is to kill threaten to kill PCs more or less by chance. So your single dragon encounters would most likely be readily overcome by the PCs but there is a risk they get a KIA - say recharging a breath weapon rapidly & hitting the same PC with it who then goes on to fail their saves. CRs are at the handwaviest end of the 5e rules & are very much guidlelines some of which are not very reliable. A low AC monster with lots of HP & several low damage attacks is far more predictable than a high AC monster with a single huge damage attack for example. Shadows attack STR which does not scale with level so a huge pack of them could be very deadly to any party etc. Anyway after the mathematical delights of 4e balance we have to fall back much more on judgement again in this edition, which obviously comes with experience. [/QUOTE]
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