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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8742644" data-attributes="member: 23751">My issue with the CR system(and I don't know 4e at all so can't comment there) is that even though monsters are balanced to be roughly as powerful as 4 PCs of the same level, classes all have different strengths and weaknesses.  So just because a rogue and warlock are going to be roughly on par with one another, doesn't mean that a given monster won't be stronger against one class or the other.  That means that some parties will be able to destroy something that is 3 CRs over their heads when their abilities hit hard at the creature's weaknesses and their strengths match up to the creature's strengths, but will have trouble with something a CR or two lower if the opposite happens.Did 4e have a similar issue at all?</blockquote>