Monster level

[Lauberfen]

Just gathering some data related to my other post about encounter composition.

 

[the Jester]

I'm the dm.

It varies a great deal- I try to keep mixing up different combos.

So for instance, one fight might be with 10 level-5 creatures, another with an elite level +3 and another elite level +2, and another encounter with 3 creatures of level +0 and two at level +1.

 

[Dice4Hire]

I am doing WOTCs adventure path and our party is consitantly 1 level ahead of the curve, which is good as there are three of us. EVen though we are doing 4E gestault, it is still tough sometimes

In the 4E game I am running.,, msot mosters are a couple lefvels higher. It has worked out well so far.

 

[Mesh Hong]

I suppose the average level of the encounters I design would be equal level or level +1; it works out at roughly 8 encounters per level which I think is pretty close to the DMG guidlines.

The range I use is probably from level -1 to level +3; with the odd extreme case case where I might go to level +4 or +5.

I am not sure how much use this will be to you though as I pretty much design all the monsters my group faces, which means that I am probably getting a lot more value for my xp than someone using standard creatures from the MM1.

 

[Paul Strack]

The monsters I use generally range from L+0 to L+2, but the encounters themselves are generally L+2 to L+4.

In my game, each adventure has a small number of encounters (2 or 3), so I like to make them tough. However, I prefer more weaker monster than I do a couple of tough monsters.

 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

As a DM, it really depends on the dungeon.

My dungeon's are highly themed - if you are in a goblin lair, you are pretty much only going to face goblinoids.

Since my party has mostly been facing goblinoids, the monsters have averaged out about the party level. That said, when they face something unusual (they fought a dragon at one point), that something unusual tends to be higher level.

The "unusual" encounters, however, are chosen because of what I want to happen plot wise, though, not because I think "hey... let's throw in a dragon to make things different!"


Inquisitor Psychologis Ruminahui