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<blockquote data-quote="kengar" data-source="post: 744515" data-attributes="member: 3230">So the group fought and beat a mess of nasty gnolls. It was a fun battle (with 1 PC death) and lots of clever tactics all around. Now I need to give them their XP. Here's what they took out:A Gnoll Cleric/Sorcerer calculated to a CR42 Gnoll &quot;Grunts&quot; @ CR1 each3 Gnoll Warriors (a la WotC's &quot;Battle Sheets&quot;) @ CR2 eachA Gnoll Barbarian5 tricked out with magic items to CR7A Gnoll Fighter/Rogue @ CR6Now, using the CR chart on p.101 of the DMG, and trying to consolidate stuff into the &quot;Mixed Pairs&quot; column, I come up with this being roughly a CR9 encounter. Is this right??Here's my math:The 2 grunts make for a CR2 (two CR1 creatures)The 3 Warriors make for a CR5 (three CR2 creatures)Now I have:CR2 (Grunts)CR4 (Cleric/Sorc) CR5 (Warriors)CR6 (Ftr/Rog) CR7 (Barbarian)Still with me? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> On the &quot;Mixed Pair&quot; column:The 2+4 (Grunts + Cleric/Sorc) becomes a CR5The 5+7 (Warriors + Barbarian) becomes a CR8This new 8+ the leftover 6 (Ftr/Rogue) becomes a CR9Leaving a CR9 + CR5. There is no &quot;9+5&quot; option, but they add to 14 which, if you used the &quot;6+8&quot; option in it's place, would = CR9Am I just doing this COMPLETELY wrong or is this correct? They are a party of five 7th Level characters, so given the result of the encounter, I don't think it should be a LOT higher than their party level, but I am still confused about whether I'm doing this right. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:"&nbsp; data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="kengar, post: 744515, member: 3230"] So the group fought and beat a mess of nasty gnolls. It was a fun battle (with 1 PC death) and lots of clever tactics all around. Now I need to give them their XP. Here's what they took out: A Gnoll Cleric/Sorcerer calculated to a CR4 2 Gnoll "Grunts" @ CR1 each 3 Gnoll Warriors (a la WotC's "Battle Sheets") @ CR2 each A Gnoll Barbarian5 tricked out with magic items to CR7 A Gnoll Fighter/Rogue @ CR6 Now, using the CR chart on p.101 of the DMG, and trying to consolidate stuff into the "Mixed Pairs" column, I come up with this being roughly a CR9 encounter. Is this right?? Here's my math: The 2 grunts make for a CR2 (two CR1 creatures) The 3 Warriors make for a CR5 (three CR2 creatures) Now I have: CR2 (Grunts) CR4 (Cleric/Sorc) CR5 (Warriors) CR6 (Ftr/Rog) CR7 (Barbarian) Still with me? :D On the "Mixed Pair" column: The 2+4 (Grunts + Cleric/Sorc) becomes a CR5 The 5+7 (Warriors + Barbarian) becomes a CR8 This new 8+ the leftover 6 (Ftr/Rogue) becomes a CR9 Leaving a CR9 + CR5. There is no "9+5" option, but they add to 14 which, if you used the "6+8" option in it's place, would = CR9 Am I just doing this COMPLETELY wrong or is this correct? They are a party of five 7th Level characters, so given the result of the encounter, I don't think it should be a LOT higher than their party level, but I am still confused about whether I'm doing this right. :confused: [/QUOTE]

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