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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5879029" data-attributes="member: 22779">But, there's the rub EW.  The two sides are not compatible.  If we're talking about two identical characters (both 15th level - exact same stats etc) then how can you make the same threat more challenging?Well, actually, since you use these two examples, that's fairly easy.  Adjusting falling damage likely isn't going to have any knock on effects, so, go to town.  Same with falling in lava.  It's enough of a corner case that you don't really even need a whole module, just a sidebar <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />.  Something along the lines of Optional Rule: Grittier falling damage - Fort Save DC 10+1/10 feet fallen - failed save=all damage is tripled.  Something like that anyway.But, the other issue here, with the idea of the archers vs monsters, that's a LOT trickier.  That gets into all sorts of knock on effects.  If the playing field is so flat that 12 archers=1 Dragon/giant/whatever, that has enormous effects on campaign design.  It doesn't make much sense that a large settlement would be realistically threatened by giants (for example) if giants are that weak.There's all sorts of other issues bundled up here as well.  If 12 NPC archers can challenge my 15th level character, why can't my 3rd level party mug a 15th level NPC and steal his stuff?  So on and so forth.</blockquote>

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