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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MonkeyBoy" data-source="post: 190238" data-attributes="member: 1229">right...OK, quick nip to the car-park later...it appears that what you actually need to do is somewhat more complex...this is somewhat pseudocode-like.(once you have your list to work on)look at the head of the listsearch the rest of the list foreither;a matched CRor;a CR 2 points lower than the headif you find one;delete both the head and the pair nodeif you had a match, replace with a single entry with CR = HeadCR + 2if it was a pair with CR 2 lower replace with a single entry with CR = HeadCR + 1repeat this until you cannot find a suitable pair for the head, or until the list is one longif you cannot match the head, you must then try again on the rest of the list without the headNow; each time you reduce, you have to start again on the WHOLE list - you treat a combined CR as a single creature, so that allows you to revisit "irreducible" CRs later.I suggest you use recursion to do this - your end case for any recursion wants to be whenever a reduction is madeThere may come a point where you cannot reduce the list; the rules approach this from the opposite (easier) direction, assuming you will construct an encounter from CRs rather than wanting to build the CR / EL from the encounter.There also rises the spectre of having lists that reduce only if tackled in a specific order...Your other option is to invent a mechanism yourself which WILL reduce all lists, i.e. to plug the gapsGood Luck!</blockquote>

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