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<blockquote data-quote="ForbidenMaster" data-source="post: 4959075" data-attributes="member: 63213">Your Dm is either using level 11 Soldiers; level 13 Skirmishers, Lurkers and Controllers; or level 15 Brutes and Artillery.&nbsp; With the exception of the former (and even then it is questionable), your DM is ignoring the advice offered in the DMG.DMG page 56If the average monster you are facing is 4-6 levels above yours, your DM is either trying to challenge you in every encounter, or didnt read over the rules carefuly enough.Even following the rules, you have to take into account the role of the monsters that are placed in an encounter.&nbsp; A level 4 soldier against a level 1 PC is perfectly acceptable according to the rules, but that soldier has a 20 AC and the PC has a +7 to hit...&nbsp; Situations like that generally dont turn out as being very much fun.IMO, unless you really know your party, the best beginners strategy to use when building encounters is to use only monsters of equal level to the party.&nbsp; It really isnt that difficult to level monsters to get the monsters you want on par with your PCs, and using the monster builder it is as easy as pie.&nbsp; If you want a big boss, have your big boss at a couple levels above the level of your party, but for the most part have same level monsters, with extra monsters for harder encounters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForbidenMaster, post: 4959075, member: 63213"] Your Dm is either using level 11 Soldiers; level 13 Skirmishers, Lurkers and Controllers; or level 15 Brutes and Artillery. With the exception of the former (and even then it is questionable), your DM is ignoring the advice offered in the DMG. DMG page 56 If the average monster you are facing is 4-6 levels above yours, your DM is either trying to challenge you in every encounter, or didnt read over the rules carefuly enough. Even following the rules, you have to take into account the role of the monsters that are placed in an encounter. A level 4 soldier against a level 1 PC is perfectly acceptable according to the rules, but that soldier has a 20 AC and the PC has a +7 to hit... Situations like that generally dont turn out as being very much fun. IMO, unless you really know your party, the best beginners strategy to use when building encounters is to use only monsters of equal level to the party. It really isnt that difficult to level monsters to get the monsters you want on par with your PCs, and using the monster builder it is as easy as pie. If you want a big boss, have your big boss at a couple levels above the level of your party, but for the most part have same level monsters, with extra monsters for harder encounters. [/QUOTE]

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