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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5288911" data-attributes="member: 82106">Because monster level should indicate level of challenge, otherwise what is the point of ranking monsters by level? This was the problem with 3.x's CR system, it was worthless because you couldn't conclude ANYTHING from CR, it was just a meaningless number that maybe vaguely hinted at whether the opponent was good for high or low level play.So, if 5 standard monsters of level+3 should be a punishingly difficult but doable encounter, then a single level+3 solo should be as well. Obviously nothing is perfect, but if the encounter is basically almost impossible even without terrain then the monster is effectively more like level 7 and should be labeled as such. More to the point it should be cut back a bit so it actually IS a level 5 encounter.</blockquote>