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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Drawmack" data-source="post: 842715" data-attributes="member: 4981">This is just a thought I had while browsing the forums. A major place where CR seems to break down is in non-standard parties and parties of mixed level. I have an idea on how to combat this problem and figured I'd post it to see what everyone thinks.What if you based CR on HP instead of Character Level.The CR system is balanced for an party of ftr, wiz, rog, clr.So first we calculate the average hp of this party at 1st, 5th, 10th, 15th & 20th level. I'm going to calculate with 12 con.1st level: 11 + 9 + 7 + 5 = 325th level: 32 + 64 = 9610th level: 96 + 80 = 17615th level: 176 + 80 = 25620th level: 256 + 80 = 336So now we have this (pl = party level)32 hp = pl 196 hp = pl 5176 hp = pl 10256 hp = pl 15336 hp = pl 20This means that CR 2 - 5 covers 64 hp and each 5 levels after that covers 80 hp.64/4 = 16 hp per pl levels 2 - 5.80/5 = 16 hp per level after that. So the break down is thisCR 1: 32 hpCR2: 48 hpCR3: 64 hpCR4: 80 hpCR5: 96hpCR6: 112 hpCR7: 128 hpCR8: 144 hpCR9: 160 hpCR10: 176 hpCR11: 192 hpCR12: 208 hpCR13: 224 hpCR14: 240 hpCR15: 256 hpCR16: 272 hpCR17: 288 hpCR18: 304 hpCR19: 320 hpCR20: 336 hpWhat I'm curious to know is those of you in a party. How would you stack up CR wise on this chart vs. the standard method and do you see any problems with this, besides magic which I already know could be a problem.</blockquote>