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<blockquote data-quote="aco175" data-source="post: 7569682" data-attributes="member: 27385">Remember that you want to look at CR and hit dice.&nbsp; If my party is 5th level and I want to throw one monster at them, I would look at a CR5 monster which may have 10HD to give it enough hit points to survive a couple rounds.&nbsp; Knowing that one monster is not a good encounter, I want to make one big monster and a couple smaller ones to make a good fight.&nbsp; I would take a CR4 monster and a couple CR2-3 monsters to round out the fight.&nbsp; I also need to look at the type of monster they are, such as brutes with lots of HP, or ranged type with good offense at a distance.&nbsp; I sometimes even cheat with the hit points/hit dice.&nbsp; If I plan a cool encounter with a giant and some goblins and the PCs fireball the goblins and are about to kill the giant before he even goes- the giant may suddenly have enough HP to make at least one attack.&nbsp; Typically this may be poor planning on my end or great rolls/luck by the PCs.&nbsp; The players do not know and I find they still like the encounters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aco175, post: 7569682, member: 27385"] Remember that you want to look at CR and hit dice. If my party is 5th level and I want to throw one monster at them, I would look at a CR5 monster which may have 10HD to give it enough hit points to survive a couple rounds. Knowing that one monster is not a good encounter, I want to make one big monster and a couple smaller ones to make a good fight. I would take a CR4 monster and a couple CR2-3 monsters to round out the fight. I also need to look at the type of monster they are, such as brutes with lots of HP, or ranged type with good offense at a distance. I sometimes even cheat with the hit points/hit dice. If I plan a cool encounter with a giant and some goblins and the PCs fireball the goblins and are about to kill the giant before he even goes- the giant may suddenly have enough HP to make at least one attack. Typically this may be poor planning on my end or great rolls/luck by the PCs. The players do not know and I find they still like the encounters. [/QUOTE]

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