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<blockquote data-quote="Mengu" data-source="post: 4662427" data-attributes="member: 65726">It's a fine encounter. I wouldn't worry about it. They may have a challenging time until they take out the soldiers (depending on the layout), but after that, they should have no difficulty pinning down the Ogre as long as they have a defender in the group.&nbsp;A level+5 standard monster is definitely not out of range. Hard encounters frequently contain monsters of level+4 through level+7. Check out the encounter templates in the DMG to get an idea. And under &quot;Spending Your XP Budget&quot;, it says:&nbsp;Monsters or traps more than four levels below the party's level or seven levels above the party's level don't make good challenges.So level-4 through level+7 monsters are fine. I'd be careful with Brutes that are level-4 since they won't be able to credibly hit the PC's, and I'd be careful with level+7 soldiers, since PC's can have a hard time hitting them. But aside from that, these guidelines are pretty spot on in my experience.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mengu, post: 4662427, member: 65726"] It's a fine encounter. I wouldn't worry about it. They may have a challenging time until they take out the soldiers (depending on the layout), but after that, they should have no difficulty pinning down the Ogre as long as they have a defender in the group. A level+5 standard monster is definitely not out of range. Hard encounters frequently contain monsters of level+4 through level+7. Check out the encounter templates in the DMG to get an idea. And under "Spending Your XP Budget", it says: [LEFT][FONT=MentorStd][SIZE=2][I]Monsters or traps more than four levels below the party's level or seven levels above the party's level don't make good challenges.[/I][/SIZE][/FONT][/LEFT] [LEFT][SIZE=2][FONT=MentorStd]So level-4 through level+7 monsters are fine. I'd be careful with Brutes that are level-4 since they won't be able to credibly hit the PC's, and I'd be careful with level+7 soldiers, since PC's can have a hard time hitting them. But aside from that, these guidelines are pretty spot on in my experience.[/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]

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