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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5301358" data-attributes="member: 90804">By the way, if you want a rule to figure out the XP budget for a given level of encounter for an unusual number of player characters, the other way to do it is:Your XP budget = Five-player budget x Your number of players / 5.So, if you have three players you multiply the 5 PCs experience budget from page 57 of the Dungeon Masters Guide by 3/5 (or 60% or 0.6).  If you have seven player you multiply by 7/5 (or 140% or 1.4).Also, my rule of thumb is to never use any monster whose level is more than 5 levels above the party.  So, a level 3 party should never face any monster of level 9 or higher.  At that level, the monsters just become nearly impossible for the party to hit and the monster hardly ever misses.  It can be okay to put together a really hard encounter for the party if you want, but go with a larger number of monsters that are a few levels higher than the party, not just one monster that's 10 levels above the party.  Even though the XP budget may be the same, the latter is not any fun.</blockquote>