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<blockquote data-quote="Khristos" data-source="post: 2139830" data-attributes="member: 19739">I do 0-5 based on an equal CR to the party (so say a group of 3rd lvl people facing 4 encounters would face 3 encounters if one was a CR: 4 etc) I actually build tables based on this I dont increase encounters if the encounter is weak and if a final encounter is higher I tend to let it ride. It would sort of like thisRoll a d6-1 for number of encounters... If party was say 4th lvl I would then roll the following1= CR 2 (1 encounter) 2= CR 3 (1 encounter) 3-4= CR 4 (1 encounter) 5= CR 5 (2 encounters) 6= CR 6 (3 encounters)&nbsp;As an extra measure I also have 0-3 events.... These reflect just giving a bit of flavor text about an area people are passing by.... this has the added effect of teaching people not to autocast and prepare for battle just because I am talking.&nbsp;Really there is quite a bit I do for overland travel (my homebrew has 2 moons which have different cycles which affects the amount of light after sundown) There is weather to consider which I tend to have altering tables based on region, time of year, and previous weather effects. I have a chart for such weather to be intermittant and when it starts during the day and how long it lasts (when I dont just decide I want a blizzard as a &quot;hazard&quot; encounter or whatever) When I am not partial to a particular type of weather I usually have my computer provide me with 28 days of&nbsp; weather, temp, wind direction and speed. I then have this handy during the session (so it appears seemless for the players) along with several predone encounters and events (the sound of creaking trees and a tree falling in the forest seems more ominous when there is a dense fog with an unnatural chill... and tends to prompt the players into more paranoid actions while the same events during a warm sunny day evokes less fear)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Khristos, post: 2139830, member: 19739"] I do 0-5 based on an equal CR to the party (so say a group of 3rd lvl people facing 4 encounters would face 3 encounters if one was a CR: 4 etc) I actually build tables based on this I dont increase encounters if the encounter is weak and if a final encounter is higher I tend to let it ride. It would sort of like this Roll a d6-1 for number of encounters... If party was say 4th lvl I would then roll the following 1= CR 2 (1 encounter) 2= CR 3 (1 encounter) 3-4= CR 4 (1 encounter) 5= CR 5 (2 encounters) 6= CR 6 (3 encounters) As an extra measure I also have 0-3 events.... These reflect just giving a bit of flavor text about an area people are passing by.... this has the added effect of teaching people not to autocast and prepare for battle just because I am talking. Really there is quite a bit I do for overland travel (my homebrew has 2 moons which have different cycles which affects the amount of light after sundown) There is weather to consider which I tend to have altering tables based on region, time of year, and previous weather effects. I have a chart for such weather to be intermittant and when it starts during the day and how long it lasts (when I dont just decide I want a blizzard as a "hazard" encounter or whatever) When I am not partial to a particular type of weather I usually have my computer provide me with 28 days of weather, temp, wind direction and speed. I then have this handy during the session (so it appears seemless for the players) along with several predone encounters and events (the sound of creaking trees and a tree falling in the forest seems more ominous when there is a dense fog with an unnatural chill... and tends to prompt the players into more paranoid actions while the same events during a warm sunny day evokes less fear) [/QUOTE]

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