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<blockquote data-quote="Tormyr" data-source="post: 6403039" data-attributes="member: 6776887">So I had two encounters tonight.&nbsp; One was supposed to be a moderate encounter of 3 CR 3 creatures for 7 level 5 PCs (that is the encounter difficulty; the party was actually 6th-level). Both systems listed the encounter as moderate difficulty, although XP budget was in the middle of the range while PEL just barely made it over the easy threshold. The second encounter was supposed to be a moderate encounter of 5 CR 3 creatures for 7 level 7 PCs (they had hit the end of a chapter and leveled up). XP budget listed it as moderate (it was right on the threshold) while PEL listed it as slightly over the threshold and into hard territory.In both cases both systems were reasonably close to each other.&nbsp; I would say that tonight's encounters were both solidly in the moderate territory.&nbsp; What surprised me was that the PEL actually applied more weight to multiple enemies than the XP budget did.Both systems are pretty close together in the situation of creatures with the same CR.&nbsp; I have an encounter coming up next week that is supposed to be moderate for 6 9th level PCs.&nbsp; The party is still 7th-level, so this encounter is rated as hard.&nbsp; However, since this is one CR5 creature with a dozen CR0 creatures, it will be interesting to see whether the encounter ends up closer to the hard of the XP budget or the Easy of the PEL.&nbsp; I will keep an eye on this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tormyr, post: 6403039, member: 6776887"] So I had two encounters tonight. One was supposed to be a moderate encounter of 3 CR 3 creatures for 7 level 5 PCs (that is the encounter difficulty; the party was actually 6th-level). Both systems listed the encounter as moderate difficulty, although XP budget was in the middle of the range while PEL just barely made it over the easy threshold. The second encounter was supposed to be a moderate encounter of 5 CR 3 creatures for 7 level 7 PCs (they had hit the end of a chapter and leveled up). XP budget listed it as moderate (it was right on the threshold) while PEL listed it as slightly over the threshold and into hard territory. In both cases both systems were reasonably close to each other. I would say that tonight's encounters were both solidly in the moderate territory. What surprised me was that the PEL actually applied more weight to multiple enemies than the XP budget did. Both systems are pretty close together in the situation of creatures with the same CR. I have an encounter coming up next week that is supposed to be moderate for 6 9th level PCs. The party is still 7th-level, so this encounter is rated as hard. However, since this is one CR5 creature with a dozen CR0 creatures, it will be interesting to see whether the encounter ends up closer to the hard of the XP budget or the Easy of the PEL. I will keep an eye on this. [/QUOTE]

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