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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Petrosian" data-source="post: 48771" data-attributes="member: 1149">I would not count the commoners as CR creatures but rather as "favorable terrain" and adjust the El upward by how much you estimate they will hinder the party... by making them not use AoE spells like fireball for not wanting to wipe out a dozen or more innocents, by blocking movement options, cover bonuses, etc...In this case, the commoners are more like fighting from behind a wall or in a fortified structure... they make the big guys combat easier...So give the EL for the main bad guy and raise it by 1 or 2 or even 3 depending on how well he can make use of the "terrain with feet"</blockquote>