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<blockquote data-quote="GlassJaw" data-source="post: 3673519" data-attributes="member: 22103">If you assume CR's of the participants are accurate (which is another discussion entirely), I would argue that evaluating the EL or an encouter is more precise than you think.&nbsp; First thing you want to do is ignore the EL rules in the DMG.&nbsp; They are a mess and don't do a good job at accounting for multiple combatants.Sum of the Squares (aka Chi/Rho method):Rho:&nbsp; 3 3rd-level characters: 3^2 + 3^2 + 3^2 = 27Chi:&nbsp; 1 CR 7 boss: 7^2 = 49Chi/Rho = 49/27 = 1.8, this means the party will need to use 180% of their resources to succeed - not good odds (the party actually has a 10% chance of survival).There's a lot of other manipulation you can do with these numbers to accurately judge encounter strength, chance of survival, etc.Again, I highly recommend the Bad Axe Gamemastering pdf.&nbsp; Best $1.95 you'll ever spend.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GlassJaw, post: 3673519, member: 22103"] If you assume CR's of the participants are accurate (which is another discussion entirely), I would argue that evaluating the EL or an encouter is more precise than you think. First thing you want to do is ignore the EL rules in the DMG. They are a mess and don't do a good job at accounting for multiple combatants. Sum of the Squares (aka Chi/Rho method): Rho: 3 3rd-level characters: 3^2 + 3^2 + 3^2 = 27 Chi: 1 CR 7 boss: 7^2 = 49 Chi/Rho = 49/27 = 1.8, this means the party will need to use 180% of their resources to succeed - not good odds (the party actually has a 10% chance of survival). There's a lot of other manipulation you can do with these numbers to accurately judge encounter strength, chance of survival, etc. Again, I highly recommend the Bad Axe Gamemastering pdf. Best $1.95 you'll ever spend. [/QUOTE]

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