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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6560827" data-attributes="member: 4937">It is a maxim of military science that weapons and terrain determine tactics.  If one is pitted against certain weapons or against certain terrain, then one will have a more difficult time in the battle.  Conversely, if one dictates the terrain so that it favors the weapons one has, then one will have an easier time in the battle.The problem with the CR system is that it is trying to base tactics on the weapon only with no consideration of the situation or terrain of the encounter.A gelatinous cube is either an easy or a lethal encounter, depending on whether or not the gelatinous cube (or more to the point, the DM) dictates the terms of the encounter.  If the cube slides into a room with no exits behind the PC's, and achieves surprise, you are looking at a potential TPK.  If the cube is discerned sliding down a corridor toward the PC's, and the PC's have room to kite the creature then its a trivial application of missile weapons to wipe it out.That has always been true.  Since the days of 1e, RBDM's have altered the way they threw monsters at PC's as the PC's went up in level to bring the challenge despite the PC's greater prowess.</blockquote>