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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 6467341" data-attributes="member: 48965"><p>Actually you compare it to monster level not party level... And I would think all of those drow being able to cast support spells, and attack from range and with poison would factor much more than say a monster who couldn't help the bigger bads and had to get within striking distance of the PC's in order to attack... but hey that's just how I would have judged it, maybe that's why it seems to be working for me though. But to each his own</p><p></p><p>Edit: To simplify I would judge any monster that makes the bigger bads significantly more effective as affecting the encounter. Advantage to attack is a big boost.</p><p></p><p>As to CR being useless I rather like that I can glance at the monster by CR list as opposed to going through the MM stat block and having to read each one to determine whether it is an overwhelming danger to my PC's... I just don't have that type of time. But I could see how it might seem useless to someone who has the type of time to look through each monster every time they want to create an encounter. Just for the record exactly what type of granularity in this area are you looking for?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 6467341, member: 48965"] Actually you compare it to monster level not party level... And I would think all of those drow being able to cast support spells, and attack from range and with poison would factor much more than say a monster who couldn't help the bigger bads and had to get within striking distance of the PC's in order to attack... but hey that's just how I would have judged it, maybe that's why it seems to be working for me though. But to each his own Edit: To simplify I would judge any monster that makes the bigger bads significantly more effective as affecting the encounter. Advantage to attack is a big boost. As to CR being useless I rather like that I can glance at the monster by CR list as opposed to going through the MM stat block and having to read each one to determine whether it is an overwhelming danger to my PC's... I just don't have that type of time. But I could see how it might seem useless to someone who has the type of time to look through each monster every time they want to create an encounter. Just for the record exactly what type of granularity in this area are you looking for? [/QUOTE]
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