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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brother MacLaren" data-source="post: 3929855" data-attributes="member: 15999">Where I *think* you might be wrong on that is that a standard "encounter" is still going to be something against which the PCs have the advantage.Look at 4 level 1 PCs.  An equal-level NPC party should have about a 50% of defeating the PCs, with likely at least one death and quite possibly a TPK.  In 3E, they're considered "overpowering" at a CR 4.  In 4E, they could be built using "minion" rules -- a "level 1 monster" does not necessarily mean "something equivalent to a level 1 PC."  I have a feeling than a party of 4 NPCs built along "heroic" rules (such as triple HP at 1st level) would not be considered a level-1 encounter.</blockquote>