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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 3997045" data-attributes="member: 326">Hey all! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Sounds like a typo.However, on the subject of Encounter Planning, I am still having trouble wrapping my head around how the different power distinctions (solo, elite, standard and minion) will work within a relative span of levels unless WotC have enough monsters of every power distinction of every type at every level.For instance say you wanted to run (your five 30th-level PCs in) a scenario culminating in a battle with Level 30 (Solo) Orcus. Unless there are 30th level (or thereabouts) demon elite, demon brutes, demon skirmishers, demon artillery, demon minions etc. (or undead equivalents since its Orcus) then your scenario is going to be somewhat spartan or filled to the brim with NPC levels (the latter seems somewhat self defeating).The only way it would work if there is some sort of conversion process between power distinctions. For instance:A Level 25 solo could = a Level 30 eliteA Level 20 solo brute OR Level 25 Elite Brute could = a Level 30 Standard BruteA Level 10 solo, Level 15 elite or Level 20 standard monster could all = Level 30 MinionsThe Level 6 Skirmisher Spined Devil could therefore be a Level 16 Minion.Not sure how this idea would scale retroactively (downwards as it is).</blockquote>

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