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<blockquote data-quote="happyhermit" data-source="post: 7056157" data-attributes="member: 6834463">The easiest way (by a wide margin IMO) to ramp up difficulty in a set encounter is simply increasing the number of foes. By increasing the numbers you can very easily make things challenging (due to action economy, bounded accuracy, ranged attacks being powerful in 5e, etc.) and yet not have to deal with any issues that come about by introducing new NPC types, especially more powerful ones (one-shot kills, mechanics, ecology, etc.). The second easiest is to play the monsters with &quot;better&quot; tactics ie; shooting from cover, using terrain, ambushes, etc. basically using the resources they have available to them. While this takes a bit more thought I have found that players often find it much more rewarding when they win, for example they all remember some particular encounters with (suitably, not highly intelligent) crafty goblins and yet a bunch of &quot;straightforward&quot; encounters with tougher monsters have long been forgotten.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="happyhermit, post: 7056157, member: 6834463"] The easiest way (by a wide margin IMO) to ramp up difficulty in a set encounter is simply increasing the number of foes. By increasing the numbers you can very easily make things challenging (due to action economy, bounded accuracy, ranged attacks being powerful in 5e, etc.) and yet not have to deal with any issues that come about by introducing new NPC types, especially more powerful ones (one-shot kills, mechanics, ecology, etc.). The second easiest is to play the monsters with "better" tactics ie; shooting from cover, using terrain, ambushes, etc. basically using the resources they have available to them. While this takes a bit more thought I have found that players often find it much more rewarding when they win, for example they all remember some particular encounters with (suitably, not highly intelligent) crafty goblins and yet a bunch of "straightforward" encounters with tougher monsters have long been forgotten. [/QUOTE]

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