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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kyramus" data-source="post: 352808" data-attributes="member: 7072">I hope this helps you.Effective encounters are those that challenge the players.  An attack by a swarm of bees would be just as deadly. Remember that bees die after stinging. Now send a swarm and get them poisoned.Traps. Falling down a pit that closes. then maybe water flowing in. Drowning is such a dangerous thing to happen.It isn't always about monsters.  AS for 7- Level 6 characters. If you are designing a combat without the RTTTOEE, then you would need to do this.  The normal cr of a monster is for 4 pcs.  SO a cr6 would be easy for this group, but 2 would make them use more resources.  Remember the CR is not designed to let them use up all their resources, just 20%.  So what happens if it isn't 1 cr6 creature but a whole bunch of creatures that equal ECL 6?10 level 1 characters might not sound like a hard fight.  Now, make them hide and attack from cover. hmm harder fight isn't it? Now add in a couple of psy war or psions, using their mind attacks to stun.  1 stunned character is 1 less that will attack them.  What happens if the pcs encounter 10 psion kobolds?  with a possibility of all of them being stunned and tied up very fast.  Once stunned and captured, they would believe that the kobolds are a much higher level than them, or more specialized.  Not so, it's just how they are played out.Email me, I'll send you a html file that I downloaded from a page that no longer exist called Encounter Calculator.  It'll give you an idea and after testing it a few times, the html file will come in handy when you make encounters.It tells you if the pcs will find it challenging, very hard, deadly, and obscene. hehe.email: <a href="mailto:kyramus@yahoo.com">kyramus@yahoo.com</a></blockquote>

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