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<blockquote data-quote="jimmytheccomic" data-source="post: 7090577" data-attributes="member: 6875326">My normal party size is 5- it's really clear that &quot;Legendary&quot; monsters were built with the expectation of a party of 4, so I normally have to give a hit point boost to make up for the extra characters damage output. Story wise, I find with a party of 5 it's easy to come up with plot hooks, since a variety of hooks are coming from a variety of directions. I had two players take a break, so I was running for 3 for about two months. The big difference in combat was, I could use solo creatures without them having to have Legendary abilities or minions- a solo creature of a few CRs above the party would get enough turns in to be an interesting combat, in a group of 5 they just get focus fired too fast to have any fun with. Story wise, I found a group of 3 stayed focused on the core plot more, there were less divergences for character based stuff.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jimmytheccomic, post: 7090577, member: 6875326"] My normal party size is 5- it's really clear that "Legendary" monsters were built with the expectation of a party of 4, so I normally have to give a hit point boost to make up for the extra characters damage output. Story wise, I find with a party of 5 it's easy to come up with plot hooks, since a variety of hooks are coming from a variety of directions. I had two players take a break, so I was running for 3 for about two months. The big difference in combat was, I could use solo creatures without them having to have Legendary abilities or minions- a solo creature of a few CRs above the party would get enough turns in to be an interesting combat, in a group of 5 they just get focus fired too fast to have any fun with. Story wise, I found a group of 3 stayed focused on the core plot more, there were less divergences for character based stuff. [/QUOTE]

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