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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6938046" data-attributes="member: 6787650"><p>Coincidentally, this is still basically true. A reasonably-optimized 5E character of level N usually clocks in just shy of CR N, and a solo PC of level N seems to do pretty well against creatures of CR N. E.g. Barbarian 2 vs. CR 2 Ogre is a pretty fair fight even if the Barbarian doesn't fight particularly smart.</p><p></p><p>5E tries by default to steer you toward Medium encounters ("speedbumps" as Tony puts it), which means it's basically okay with your party fighting one or two clones of the party (Medium-Hard difficulty) which have 1/16 to 1/4 of the party's full power, but a full clone of the entire party would be somewhere around triple-Deadly, and the game by default steers you away from that. But there's no reason you can't do it anyway. It depends whether your preferred DMing style is to provide a challenge that can be beaten through sheer brawn and the power of superior firepower, or a nemesis equal to or greater than the PCs in raw might who has to be beaten by player skill and superior tactics. (I suppose there also exists a DMing style which is all about challenging the PCs with foes who have vastly inferior firepower but superior tactics--the Tuckers' Kobolds style. Be careful with that one though because it risks becoming adversarial DMing.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 6938046, member: 6787650"] Coincidentally, this is still basically true. A reasonably-optimized 5E character of level N usually clocks in just shy of CR N, and a solo PC of level N seems to do pretty well against creatures of CR N. E.g. Barbarian 2 vs. CR 2 Ogre is a pretty fair fight even if the Barbarian doesn't fight particularly smart. 5E tries by default to steer you toward Medium encounters ("speedbumps" as Tony puts it), which means it's basically okay with your party fighting one or two clones of the party (Medium-Hard difficulty) which have 1/16 to 1/4 of the party's full power, but a full clone of the entire party would be somewhere around triple-Deadly, and the game by default steers you away from that. But there's no reason you can't do it anyway. It depends whether your preferred DMing style is to provide a challenge that can be beaten through sheer brawn and the power of superior firepower, or a nemesis equal to or greater than the PCs in raw might who has to be beaten by player skill and superior tactics. (I suppose there also exists a DMing style which is all about challenging the PCs with foes who have vastly inferior firepower but superior tactics--the Tuckers' Kobolds style. Be careful with that one though because it risks becoming adversarial DMing.) [/QUOTE]
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