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<blockquote data-quote="Zurai" data-source="post: 4303720" data-attributes="member: 52324"><p>How about just "how many monsters of appropriate level"?</p><p></p><p>[code]Level XP Needed XP/Monster Monsters/Level</p><p>2 1000 100 10 </p><p>3 1250 125 10 </p><p>4 1500 150 10 </p><p>5 1750 175 10 </p><p>6 2000 200 10</p><p>7 2500 250 10</p><p>8 3000 300 10</p><p>9 3500 350 10</p><p>10 4000 400 10</p><p>11 5500 500 11</p><p>12 6000 600 10</p><p>13 7000 700 10</p><p>14 8000 800 10</p><p>15 10000 1000 10</p><p>16 12000 1200 10</p><p>17 14000 1400 10</p><p>18 16000 1600 10</p><p>19 20000 2000 10</p><p>20 24000 2400 10</p><p>21 32000 2800 11.42857</p><p>22 35000 3200 10.9375</p><p>23 45000 4150 10.84337</p><p>24 55000 5100 10.78431</p><p>25 65000 6050 10.74380</p><p>26 75000 7000 10.71429</p><p>27 100000 9000 11.11111</p><p>28 125000 11000 11.36364</p><p>29 150000 13000 11.53846</p><p>30 175000 15000 11.66667[/code]As you can see, very smooth progression until Epic, when it just goes wonky. There's a +1 monster (encounter) bump at 10->11, but it's still evenly divisible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zurai, post: 4303720, member: 52324"] How about just "how many monsters of appropriate level"? [code]Level XP Needed XP/Monster Monsters/Level 2 1000 100 10 3 1250 125 10 4 1500 150 10 5 1750 175 10 6 2000 200 10 7 2500 250 10 8 3000 300 10 9 3500 350 10 10 4000 400 10 11 5500 500 11 12 6000 600 10 13 7000 700 10 14 8000 800 10 15 10000 1000 10 16 12000 1200 10 17 14000 1400 10 18 16000 1600 10 19 20000 2000 10 20 24000 2400 10 21 32000 2800 11.42857 22 35000 3200 10.9375 23 45000 4150 10.84337 24 55000 5100 10.78431 25 65000 6050 10.74380 26 75000 7000 10.71429 27 100000 9000 11.11111 28 125000 11000 11.36364 29 150000 13000 11.53846 30 175000 15000 11.66667[/code]As you can see, very smooth progression until Epic, when it just goes wonky. There's a +1 monster (encounter) bump at 10->11, but it's still evenly divisible. [/QUOTE]
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