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<blockquote data-quote="Noumenon" data-source="post: 4518169" data-attributes="member: 70102">Oh.&nbsp; I had hoped that was one of the things your table might have accounted for.&nbsp; For example, instead of &quot;a CR2 monster = 600XP&quot;, it could be a table saying &quot;a monster 7 CRs lower than the challenge rating of the party = 150 XP.&quot;The way it looks to me from table 2-6 in the DMG is, &quot;a monster equal to the CR of the party = party level * 300.&quot;&nbsp; &quot;A monster 1 CRs less than the party = party level * 300 * 2/3.&quot;&quot;A monster 2 CRs less than the party = party level * 300 * 1/2.&quot;...Now you can't fit this all into one table, but you could plug in the party level and make a table&nbsp; called XP Budget for Level 8 partiesCR 1 monster costs: 200 XP eachCR 2: 300CR 3: 400CR 4: 600...CR 8: 2400CR 9: 3600That's basically one row of table 2-6.&nbsp; And it works -- if I want my level 9 encounter I can pick four CR 4s (2400) and 4 CR 2s (1200).&nbsp; Or one CR 8 (2400) and the four CR 2s. Works out perfect on table 3-1, also, as four CR 2s are a level 6 encounter and a 6+8 encounter is a 9.So all you need to do to have a &quot;budget&quot; approach to 3.5 is look at table 2-6.&nbsp; Each row is a mini-table telling exactly what each CR monster costs for a party of that level.&nbsp; That's pretty easy!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Noumenon, post: 4518169, member: 70102"] Oh. I had hoped that was one of the things your table might have accounted for. For example, instead of "a CR2 monster = 600XP", it could be a table saying "a monster 7 CRs lower than the challenge rating of the party = 150 XP." The way it looks to me from table 2-6 in the DMG is, "a monster equal to the CR of the party = party level * 300." "A monster 1 CRs less than the party = party level * 300 * 2/3." "A monster 2 CRs less than the party = party level * 300 * 1/2." ... Now you can't fit this all into one table, but you could plug in the party level and make a table called XP Budget for Level 8 parties CR 1 monster costs: 200 XP each CR 2: 300 CR 3: 400 CR 4: 600 ... CR 8: 2400 CR 9: 3600 That's basically one row of table 2-6. And it works -- if I want my level 9 encounter I can pick four CR 4s (2400) and 4 CR 2s (1200). Or one CR 8 (2400) and the four CR 2s. Works out perfect on table 3-1, also, as four CR 2s are a level 6 encounter and a 6+8 encounter is a 9. So all you need to do to have a "budget" approach to 3.5 is look at table 2-6. Each row is a mini-table telling exactly what each CR monster costs for a party of that level. That's pretty easy! [/QUOTE]

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