Do you limit the number of foes per encounter?

dreaded_beast

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As a DM, there gets a point where I realize there are too many NPCs/monsters for me to keep track of during an encounter.

Usually, this is not a problem if the monsters are all of the same type, low CR in regards to the party, and have few special abiltities.

There gets a point however, when there are too many different types of monsters to keep track of at the same time, as well as the varied abilities of the NPCs.

For myself, enemy spellcasters with the ability to summon monsters.

Have you ever found yourself creating an encounter and thinking that it might be easier for you as a DM if you lessened the amount of baddies in the encounter?
 

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Oh yeah. That's why I made up a "mob" template to represent a pack of about 40 1-2 HD monsters, when I want to stage a big fight. It's like a swarm but for size M things. IIRC it gets 20x the base creature's hp, a +15 bonus on the attack, and gets hefty penalties to saves vs area spells.
 

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