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<blockquote data-quote="Incenjucar" data-source="post: 6255592" data-attributes="member: 6182">Sounds like 4E does all of the work for you. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :P"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />That said, 4E does not make the assumption that a single monster that isn't a solo should ever be an encounter of its own. 3E is built around the notion of 1 monster vs. 1 party (and doesn't really factor in the SIZE of the party). 4E instead assumes 1 monster vs. 1 PC, which makes it a lot easier to build an encounter even if you CAN (with extra work) do that with 3E.This is why I can build an encounter that looks like this without having to sit down and build a table or do any math on my own:White Widow x1Yuan-ti Abomination x2+1 Abomination/PC&gt;4orYuan-ti Malison Chanter x1Yuan-ti AbominationYuan-ti Initiate x10+1 Malison Chanter/PC&gt;4Granted, math isn't hard, but it's still a waste of my time.This also ensures that 4E encounters are balanced for larger battles instead of smaller ones, especially for those DMs who kind of stick to the letter of the book instead of breaking out of it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Incenjucar, post: 6255592, member: 6182"] Sounds like 4E does all of the work for you. :P That said, 4E does not make the assumption that a single monster that isn't a solo should ever be an encounter of its own. 3E is built around the notion of 1 monster vs. 1 party (and doesn't really factor in the SIZE of the party). 4E instead assumes 1 monster vs. 1 PC, which makes it a lot easier to build an encounter even if you CAN (with extra work) do that with 3E. This is why I can build an encounter that looks like this without having to sit down and build a table or do any math on my own: White Widow x1 Yuan-ti Abomination x2 +1 Abomination/PC>4 or Yuan-ti Malison Chanter x1 Yuan-ti Abomination Yuan-ti Initiate x10 +1 Malison Chanter/PC>4 Granted, math isn't hard, but it's still a waste of my time. This also ensures that 4E encounters are balanced for larger battles instead of smaller ones, especially for those DMs who kind of stick to the letter of the book instead of breaking out of it. [/QUOTE]

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