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<blockquote data-quote="Kinematics" data-source="post: 8587672" data-attributes="member: 6932123">The max CR listed on the chart appears to be the &quot;50% higher than the character level&quot; rating from the section titled &quot;Maximum Monster CR&quot; on page 42.Also, I misread. It's not that &quot;50% higher&quot; is the impossible matchup; it's greater than &quot;50% higher&quot;. So for level 4 characters, CR 6 is the max, and CR 7 would be &quot;impossible&quot;.So yes, CR 6 would be allowed for your setup, and the only question is whether it qualifies as an &quot;elite&quot; monster, which would double its CR rating for the purposes of calculating the total encounter CR.&nbsp; As for elite vs legendary, it seems that legendary creatures are intended to be a challenge to about 3 characters, while elites are intended to be a challenge for about 5-6 characters.&nbsp; That is a distinction that I wasn't making in my original post.&nbsp; As long as your boss wolf is properly 'legendary' and not 'elite', then the overall rating holds.Though there are also additional factors which can modify the CR calculation. For example, if the attack takes place at night, in the dark, that can add an extra 1/2 CR, so you would have to remove one wolf to keep things at 10 total CR.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kinematics, post: 8587672, member: 6932123"] The max CR listed on the chart appears to be the "50% higher than the character level" rating from the section titled "Maximum Monster CR" on page 42. Also, I misread. It's not that "50% higher" is the impossible matchup; it's [i]greater than[/i] "50% higher". So for level 4 characters, CR 6 is the max, and CR 7 would be "impossible". So yes, CR 6 would be allowed for your setup, and the only question is whether it qualifies as an "elite" monster, which would double its CR rating for the purposes of calculating the total encounter CR. As for elite vs legendary, it seems that legendary creatures are intended to be a challenge to about 3 characters, while elites are intended to be a challenge for about 5-6 characters. That is a distinction that I wasn't making in my original post. As long as your boss wolf is properly 'legendary' and not 'elite', then the overall rating holds. Though there are also additional factors which can modify the CR calculation. For example, if the attack takes place at night, in the dark, that can add an extra 1/2 CR, so you would have to remove one wolf to keep things at 10 total CR. [/QUOTE]

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