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<blockquote data-quote="NotAYakk" data-source="post: 8673346" data-attributes="member: 72555">The trick is that your &quot;unit&quot; of adventure building isn't the encounter.The units are &quot;scenes&quot; and &quot;chapters&quot;.Start with a chapter.&nbsp; Build it out of 2-5 medium difficulty scenes.&nbsp; Plan ehat failure looks like (PCs disengage and take a long rest).Easy scenes are half price, hard 1.5 and deadly 2.0 medium.For a scene, build it out of encounters.&nbsp; Again, 2-5 medium encounters, with easy being 0.5, hard 1.5 and deadly 2.0.&nbsp; Plan what failure looks like (PCs disengage and take a rest).Multiple scenes can get fuzzy-glued together (like, provide a pile of encounters, and let PCs pick when to rest), with gradual consequenses as days pass (even just for feedback to PCs that time matters).Failure shouldn't be &quot;game ends&quot;, but &quot;things happen in world PCs won't prefer&quot;.Encounters you can judge by adding up CR.&nbsp; 1/5, 1/4, 1/3 and 40% of PC level total for easy/medium/hard/deadly.&nbsp; (I find this much easier/faster than any of the standard encounter budget systems, and it does a decent job).If you prefer a world-first, encounter level = sum of CR.&nbsp; Scene level is 1/3 (sum EL^1.5)^(2/3).&nbsp; Chapter level is 1/3 Sum(scene level).Then you can judge how hard a chapter/encounter/scene is for a party via:Sum PC level/5 is easySum PC level/4 is mediumSum PC level/3 is hardSum PC level *.4 is deadlySo a group of 6 level 5 PCs would find a Level 12 encounter, scene or chapter deadly.Adjust based on actual group performance; this just attempts to give you initial hints, and encourages you to build events larger than encounters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NotAYakk, post: 8673346, member: 72555"] The trick is that your "unit" of adventure building isn't the encounter. The units are "scenes" and "chapters". Start with a chapter. Build it out of 2-5 medium difficulty scenes. Plan ehat failure looks like (PCs disengage and take a long rest). Easy scenes are half price, hard 1.5 and deadly 2.0 medium. For a scene, build it out of encounters. Again, 2-5 medium encounters, with easy being 0.5, hard 1.5 and deadly 2.0. Plan what failure looks like (PCs disengage and take a rest). Multiple scenes can get fuzzy-glued together (like, provide a pile of encounters, and let PCs pick when to rest), with gradual consequenses as days pass (even just for feedback to PCs that time matters). Failure shouldn't be "game ends", but "things happen in world PCs won't prefer". Encounters you can judge by adding up CR. 1/5, 1/4, 1/3 and 40% of PC level total for easy/medium/hard/deadly. (I find this much easier/faster than any of the standard encounter budget systems, and it does a decent job). If you prefer a world-first, encounter level = sum of CR. Scene level is 1/3 (sum EL^1.5)^(2/3). Chapter level is 1/3 Sum(scene level). Then you can judge how hard a chapter/encounter/scene is for a party via: Sum PC level/5 is easy Sum PC level/4 is medium Sum PC level/3 is hard Sum PC level *.4 is deadly So a group of 6 level 5 PCs would find a Level 12 encounter, scene or chapter deadly. Adjust based on actual group performance; this just attempts to give you initial hints, and encourages you to build events larger than encounters. [/QUOTE]

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