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<blockquote data-quote="Anubis" data-source="post: 908581" data-attributes="member: 2358">You misunderstand this because UK has a very bad habit of doing that stupid moderate-difficult thing that a majority of people simply won't understand.&nbsp; What it MEANS is that a Level 52 party is PEL 23 and a CR 52 creature such as the Winterwight is EL 23.&nbsp; A Level 48-55 party would find it to be a &quot;moderate&quot; encounter, otherwise known as a &quot;normal&quot; encounter.&nbsp; If you divide the real CR by half, however, that is the rating by which it is a 50/50 encounter.&nbsp; That CR number actually has no official place but to help DMs find the approximate level characters would find it to be a 50/50 encounter.&nbsp; An EL 23 creature is a 50/50 encounter for a party that's PEL 19, and Level 26 (CR 26) translates to PEL 19 for the party.To explain how YOUR party handled the thing is simple.&nbsp; You have six PCs at Levels 17-18 right?&nbsp; Well, a Level 17 party translates to PEL 17, and six PCs make it PEL +1 for a total of PEL 18.&nbsp; As such, you're still only one EL away from the 50/50 mark.&nbsp; In other words, nowhere near an &quot;impossible&quot; encounter&quot;, but rather just a VERY difficult one.&nbsp; This sounds pretty much on the dot and explains everything.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Anubis, post: 908581, member: 2358"] You misunderstand this because UK has a very bad habit of doing that stupid moderate-difficult thing that a majority of people simply won't understand. What it MEANS is that a Level 52 party is PEL 23 and a CR 52 creature such as the Winterwight is EL 23. A Level 48-55 party would find it to be a "moderate" encounter, otherwise known as a "normal" encounter. If you divide the real CR by half, however, that is the rating by which it is a 50/50 encounter. That CR number actually has no official place but to help DMs find the approximate level characters would find it to be a 50/50 encounter. An EL 23 creature is a 50/50 encounter for a party that's PEL 19, and Level 26 (CR 26) translates to PEL 19 for the party. To explain how YOUR party handled the thing is simple. You have six PCs at Levels 17-18 right? Well, a Level 17 party translates to PEL 17, and six PCs make it PEL +1 for a total of PEL 18. As such, you're still only one EL away from the 50/50 mark. In other words, nowhere near an "impossible" encounter", but rather just a VERY difficult one. This sounds pretty much on the dot and explains everything. [/QUOTE]

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