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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 8833731" data-attributes="member: 58197">I think the 4E system hit the sweet spot. For each PC of level X, the &quot;baseline challenge&quot; is one standard monster of that level; four minions of that level; one-half an elite monster; or one-fifth of a solo monster.If your players are expert optimizers and strategists, or you want this encounter to be harder than normal, you can go up from the baseline challenge by N levels, and you'll increase the difficulty by a consistent amount -- so, if you find that your PCs require a 6th-level encounter at level 4, you can safely assume they will require a 10th-level encounter at level 8.Assembling a challenge in 4E was a snap. Unfortunately, the second half (calibrating difficulty) relies on PCs having a smooth power curve, where each PC level is X% more powerful than the previous level. That is not the case in 5E, where there are big power spikes at certain levels, most notably 5th.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 8833731, member: 58197"] I think the 4E system hit the sweet spot. For each PC of level X, the "baseline challenge" is one standard monster of that level; four minions of that level; one-half an elite monster; or one-fifth of a solo monster. If your players are expert optimizers and strategists, or you want this encounter to be harder than normal, you can go up from the baseline challenge by N levels, and you'll increase the difficulty by a consistent amount -- so, if you find that your PCs require a 6th-level encounter at level 4, you can safely assume they will require a 10th-level encounter at level 8. Assembling a challenge in 4E was a snap. Unfortunately, the second half (calibrating difficulty) relies on PCs having a smooth power curve, where each PC level is X% more powerful than the previous level. That is not the case in 5E, where there are big power spikes at certain levels, most notably 5th. [/QUOTE]

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