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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 8913254" data-attributes="member: 907">More or less, yes. But one thing to consider is that the reason monster A is as tough as four monsters four levels lower is that monster A has something like +6 to all relevant stats compared to the lower-level monsters. That means that if the four monsters would have a reasonable chance of hitting a PC and be hit back in return, the big guy will hit like a truck and be really hard for the PCs to hit in return. This has a disproportionate effect at lower levels where PCs generally don't have the resources to handle that kind of thing. So I would caution against &quot;boss fights&quot; at low levels. If you want a Severe encounter (120 XP), it's much better to have something like one L+1 creature (60 XP) and three L-2 (20 XP each) than one L+3 creature (120 XP).Yes. There is a definite curve to expected PC power. You can dip below it, but you kind of have to make some unorthodox choices to do so, and it's almost impossible to go above it.Personally, I think the game is slightly &quot;over-tuned&quot; regarding difficulty levels, particularly for skills (where you can easily start with lots of skills at somewhat useful levels, but as you level up you'll only be able to keep up with 2-3 of them unless you're a rogue or investigator). But that's partially because my preferred competence level for PCs is along the lines of the Leverage team.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 8913254, member: 907"] More or less, yes. But one thing to consider is that the reason monster A is as tough as four monsters four levels lower is that monster A has something like +6 to all relevant stats compared to the lower-level monsters. That means that if the four monsters would have a reasonable chance of hitting a PC and be hit back in return, the big guy will hit like a truck and be really hard for the PCs to hit in return. This has a disproportionate effect at lower levels where PCs generally don't have the resources to handle that kind of thing. So I would caution against "boss fights" at low levels. If you want a Severe encounter (120 XP), it's much better to have something like one L+1 creature (60 XP) and three L-2 (20 XP each) than one L+3 creature (120 XP). Yes. There is a definite curve to expected PC power. You can dip below it, but you kind of have to make some unorthodox choices to do so, and it's almost impossible to go above it. Personally, I think the game is slightly "over-tuned" regarding difficulty levels, particularly for skills (where you can easily start with lots of skills at somewhat useful levels, but as you level up you'll only be able to keep up with 2-3 of them unless you're a rogue or investigator). But that's partially because my preferred competence level for PCs is along the lines of the Leverage team. [/QUOTE]

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