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<blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 4586227" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>Well, I'm staying within the XP budget. Three lvl 4 lizardmen are (3 x 175 = 475 xp), vs. a 500 xp budget. I tend to use fewer more powerful monsters in areas where space is more limited, and a greater number of weaker monsters in areas where the fight can spread out. I like using minions as well, because they die so nicely when hit with area attacks.</p><p></p><p>That xp budget seems to be a thing of beauty. The dog-gobblers were generally lots of lvl 1 and 2 monsters, but more of them, and the fights were the right level of challenge. One thing to keep in mind is that fewer, more powerful monsters focus their (more powerful) attacks on fewer PCs. In that sort of a fight you'll have a few people on death's door and a few people who are virtually uninjured. This makes fights go faster - fewer attacks for you to roll - while still maintaining menace and danger for the PCs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Piratecat, post: 4586227, member: 2"] Well, I'm staying within the XP budget. Three lvl 4 lizardmen are (3 x 175 = 475 xp), vs. a 500 xp budget. I tend to use fewer more powerful monsters in areas where space is more limited, and a greater number of weaker monsters in areas where the fight can spread out. I like using minions as well, because they die so nicely when hit with area attacks. That xp budget seems to be a thing of beauty. The dog-gobblers were generally lots of lvl 1 and 2 monsters, but more of them, and the fights were the right level of challenge. One thing to keep in mind is that fewer, more powerful monsters focus their (more powerful) attacks on fewer PCs. In that sort of a fight you'll have a few people on death's door and a few people who are virtually uninjured. This makes fights go faster - fewer attacks for you to roll - while still maintaining menace and danger for the PCs. [/QUOTE]
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