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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 19628" data-attributes="member: 707">The easiest thing to do is gauge the combat, and alter it accordingly.  i.e. if you plan an encounter, but the party seems to be having too easy time of it, have reinforcements arrive."Just as you think you're gaining the upper hand, three more goblins appear over the rise..."Alternatively, you could simply bump up the HP mid-combat.  I don't like to do this too often, though, because I think it's heavy-handed and ruins the consistency I like to have.Be wary of simply bumping up encounters by 4+ CR.  That can be enough to wipe out an entire party.  However, you may want to experiment.  Next combat, raise the CR by 1 and see how the party handles it.  If that's still too easy, then raise it by another 1.Also, you might consider simply adding more encounters, rather than tougher ones, between resting periods.  The more encounters a party has to face, the lower their resources and the tougher they get, even if the CR is relatively low.  This is also a good way to challenge a party without blasting them with a CR they aren't ready for.Just some ideas. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>