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<blockquote data-quote="Amitiel" data-source="post: 3411009" data-attributes="member: 49039">Ah, I'd forgotten Hypertext had that.&nbsp; I find its far more fitting to tailor the EL and xp award by how difficult it was to get through the encounter rather than a static number based on the critters CR.&nbsp;&nbsp; And I don't mean difficult as in bad dice rolls.For example:My players have a 10.9 PL according to Calculator.&nbsp; They at one point faced a Bloodhulk Crusher (CR8) and a 12 lvl Cleric of Vecna (human ECL12) According to the calculator this was a EL13 (Very Difficult).&nbsp; They walked through it in 3 rounds of combat, I didn't give them near the awards the static numbers had since despite its high EL it wasn't much of a challenge.&nbsp;&nbsp; Fast forward to a later encounter with a pair of Stone Golems (same EL 13 Very Difficult) and they nearly lost half the party. I gave them larger EXP awards for itMy point was that the static numbers alone do not reflect the actual difficulty of the encounters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Amitiel, post: 3411009, member: 49039"] Ah, I'd forgotten Hypertext had that. I find its far more fitting to tailor the EL and xp award by how difficult it was to get through the encounter rather than a static number based on the critters CR. And I don't mean difficult as in bad dice rolls. For example:My players have a 10.9 PL according to Calculator. They at one point faced a Bloodhulk Crusher (CR8) and a 12 lvl Cleric of Vecna (human ECL12) According to the calculator this was a EL13 (Very Difficult). They walked through it in 3 rounds of combat, I didn't give them near the awards the static numbers had since despite its high EL it wasn't much of a challenge. Fast forward to a later encounter with a pair of Stone Golems (same EL 13 Very Difficult) and they nearly lost half the party. I gave them larger EXP awards for it My point was that the static numbers alone do not reflect the actual difficulty of the encounters. [/QUOTE]

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