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<blockquote data-quote="Rashak Mani" data-source="post: 20009" data-attributes="member: 642">I always try to make combat as balanced as possible... I like to sometimes use many smaller creatures than what many DMs do which is using one big foe only.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Many small creatures are less tough than their CR would indicate... since most of them cant hit every round and they tend to miss more % wise than a bigger monster... and of course the PCs every round will kill some baddies whittling down the menace.&nbsp; &nbsp; The big advantage of smaller baddies is that there will always be one more around the corner... I set up a combat with 2 dire wolves.. the group archer hit him critically first round killing him with only two arrows !!&nbsp;&nbsp; So I conveniently placed one more wolf at the bottom of the cave...&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I dont like killing PCS... but once in a while you should put something so obviosly dangerous that the PCs should run away... I think it keeps them humbled and on their toes... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; &nbsp; Should they be stupid enough to attack kill one and let the rest run.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is to stop the silly notion that the DM would never put anything beyond their skills.&nbsp;&nbsp; Sometimes put an easy encounter or one were sneakiness will do them more good than force entreing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rashak Mani, post: 20009, member: 642"] I always try to make combat as balanced as possible... I like to sometimes use many smaller creatures than what many DMs do which is using one big foe only. Many small creatures are less tough than their CR would indicate... since most of them cant hit every round and they tend to miss more % wise than a bigger monster... and of course the PCs every round will kill some baddies whittling down the menace. The big advantage of smaller baddies is that there will always be one more around the corner... I set up a combat with 2 dire wolves.. the group archer hit him critically first round killing him with only two arrows !! So I conveniently placed one more wolf at the bottom of the cave... I dont like killing PCS... but once in a while you should put something so obviosly dangerous that the PCs should run away... I think it keeps them humbled and on their toes... :D Should they be stupid enough to attack kill one and let the rest run. This is to stop the silly notion that the DM would never put anything beyond their skills. Sometimes put an easy encounter or one were sneakiness will do them more good than force entreing. [/QUOTE]

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