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<blockquote data-quote="D+1" data-source="post: 2028323" data-attributes="member: 13654">Well that hasn't been my experience.&nbsp; While encounters do vary from their EL to how they actually play out (you're still dealing with random numbers and unpredicted strategy and tactics from players) they generally work out as they ought to.&nbsp; But even if they don't they are at least consistent in which way they break for/against the PC's.&nbsp;&nbsp; Mostly it's been because the PC's were over/under-powered with equipment.The EL at least gives me something with hard numbers to shoot for - even if it is occasionally off.&nbsp; 2E and earlier was an absolute crapshoot.&nbsp; You could only base your creation of an encounter on guesswork derived from experience with a given set of PC's.&nbsp; Whether it's high or low, and even if it IS frequently off it still provides SOME kind of baseline to work with that other editions couldn't possibly hope to do.&nbsp; It's possible that the DMG section should have indicated more clearly that it wasn't an exact science - because it's not.&nbsp; Any two DMs and any two PC parties are still going to provide vastly different results in how an encounter plays out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="D+1, post: 2028323, member: 13654"] Well that hasn't been my experience. While encounters do vary from their EL to how they actually play out (you're still dealing with random numbers and unpredicted strategy and tactics from players) they generally work out as they ought to. But even if they don't they are at least consistent in which way they break for/against the PC's. Mostly it's been because the PC's were over/under-powered with equipment. The EL at least gives me something with hard numbers to shoot for - even if it is occasionally off. 2E and earlier was an absolute crapshoot. You could only base your creation of an encounter on guesswork derived from experience with a given set of PC's. Whether it's high or low, and even if it IS frequently off it still provides SOME kind of baseline to work with that other editions couldn't possibly hope to do. It's possible that the DMG section should have indicated more clearly that it wasn't an exact science - because it's not. Any two DMs and any two PC parties are still going to provide vastly different results in how an encounter plays out. [/QUOTE]

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