Encounter wieghting

[marli]

Hi im building a tool to wieght encounter according to party makup.
EG in 4th not having a cleric make thing difficuilt.
but not impossible.
currently it counts class interection. role interection, and characters per player.
for roles Ive created a "healer" role that the cleric falls into as well as thier normal leader role.

i'll add the tool in a bit. but i'd like to hear from some DMs to test and advise if it over rates or under rates party combinations.
i'd be really interested in partys that dont cover certain roles.
EDIT: i'll be adding optimum\below-par race class choices as well.

 

[the Jester]

I think the healer role is redundant with leader; all leaders are healers, after all, and while the cleric might be the best healer of them all, it's not by a whole lot.