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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fletch137" data-source="post: 6203659" data-attributes="member: 19337">My current OSR game of choice is ACKS, but this is a hurdle I had trouble with even back in my 2e-playing days.How do you know what is and isn't an appropriate challenge for a group of characters of a certain level?  Can I just accept that an equal HD monster in the encounter numbers listed in the monster guides is defeatable?  Fer instance, ACKS shows bugbears as 3HD and are encountered in groups of 2-8.  Does that mean a group of 3rd level characters will have a fair chance of fighting 2-8 of them? What about higher HD monsters?  An ancient dragon, per ACKS, has 18**** HD, but the character levels cap out at about 15.I get that part of the old school charm is "you go in the wilderness, you takes yer chances," but I'm also trying to pace the challenges a bit.  What kind of guidance is there in judging challenges in these OSR games?</blockquote>