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<blockquote data-quote="benbash" data-source="post: 5537395" data-attributes="member: 6675396">Yes, I am looking for a tool&nbsp; that would build an appropriate challenge to the party based on the party's gear, spell selection, and feats.&nbsp;&nbsp; There would (ideally) also be some constraints set by the gamemaster:&nbsp; total value of all gear from the opponents would be one constraint.One angle on this is that the tool could identify that no character in the party had (for example) flight...&nbsp; so opponents attacking from the air would be a&nbsp; &quot;Difficult&quot; challenge.&nbsp; A sorcerer with fire spells would have a harder time in an aquatic encounter, and so on.Another angle: that tool could generate three or four or ten sets of opponents (from one set of PC Gen files) and the gamemaster could pick whatever is closest to his goal.&nbsp; Dragon, group of NPCs, group of undead, single vampire wizard with bodyguard...A third angle:&nbsp; &quot;let the computer do all the stat calculation&quot;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; the way that PCGen calculates the total gold piece value of all the gear.&nbsp; &nbsp; So if the gamemaster wanted to ensure the PCs did not earn more than 10,000 gold after the encounter, the tool would calculate that most of the opponents would have scrolls (or other one-shot gear items) that would buff the opponents in a way to match the abilities in the&nbsp; PCGen files, and these scrolls would be used in the combat.The &quot;wealth&quot; and &quot;Magic Damper&quot; settings at &nbsp; <a href="http://www.hailscape.com/" target="_blank">Birched's NPC Generator at Hailscape.com</a>&nbsp; are closer to what I am thinking of WRT constraints on the results.&nbsp;&nbsp; But I still have to go to that site and select options&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /> and that site is not built for Pathfinder.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; As a lazy gamemaster, I know that my players have already selected options.&nbsp; I'd like to find a tool that would be able to build from their options.Thanks for your time,/Ben/Bash</blockquote>

[QUOTE="benbash, post: 5537395, member: 6675396"] Yes, I am looking for a tool that would build an appropriate challenge to the party based on the party's gear, spell selection, and feats. There would (ideally) also be some constraints set by the gamemaster: total value of all gear from the opponents would be one constraint. One angle on this is that the tool could identify that no character in the party had (for example) flight... so opponents attacking from the air would be a "Difficult" challenge. A sorcerer with fire spells would have a harder time in an aquatic encounter, and so on. Another angle: that tool could generate three or four or ten sets of opponents (from one set of PC Gen files) and the gamemaster could pick whatever is closest to his goal. Dragon, group of NPCs, group of undead, single vampire wizard with bodyguard... A third angle: "let the computer do all the stat calculation" ;) the way that PCGen calculates the total gold piece value of all the gear. So if the gamemaster wanted to ensure the PCs did not earn more than 10,000 gold after the encounter, the tool would calculate that most of the opponents would have scrolls (or other one-shot gear items) that would buff the opponents in a way to match the abilities in the PCGen files, and these scrolls would be used in the combat. The "wealth" and "Magic Damper" settings at [URL="http://www.hailscape.com/"]Birched's NPC Generator at Hailscape.com[/URL] are closer to what I am thinking of WRT constraints on the results. But I still have to go to that site and select options :-) and that site is not built for Pathfinder. As a lazy gamemaster, I know that my players have already selected options. I'd like to find a tool that would be able to build from their options. Thanks for your time, /Ben/Bash [/QUOTE]

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