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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 4651319" data-attributes="member: 326">Howdy Runestar! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Okay, its been a while since I went over it, but basically forget about EL until after you pick.The number of PCs and their average level.Lets say you have one PC of 10th-level. A 50/50 challenge for him will be a CR 10-11 Monster.Lets say you have four PCs of 10th-level fighting the same CR 10-11 monster. With four PCs the EL of the CR 10-11 monster is reduced by 4. So it becomes a moderate challenge using 25% of their resources.So the basic thing to remember is that EL (in this system) has nothing to do with the level of your PCs.EL is a method for determining what the relative difference will be for your PCs if you add/subtract either monsters or PCs to the equation.So. 1. Take the average PC level. Lets say they average 50th-level.2. That determines the average CR range. The range (Level 50 falls under) is CR 48-553. On the Table what is the EL next to that CR.CR 48-55 = EL 234. Then modify that EL by the number of PCsLets say you have 7 PCs, that means you need monsters of EL +5 (EL 28 in this case) to give the PCs a 50/50 challenge, EL 26 would be a tough challenge, EL 24 a moderate challenge and so on.For a single monster we look at EL 28 on the Table and see that it coresponds to CR 112-127.For multiple monsters of the same level we modify EL just like we did for the PCs. For instance a 50/50 challenge for those PCs would be between 32-47 Balors. Normal Balor = CR 20 = EL 18. 32-47 Balors are +10 EL, which gives us EL 28.However, while (I hope) that explains v5, I should point out that all those calculations are incorrect where (the more accurate) v6 is concerned - basically because I made a flaw in the relationship between CR and EL. The initial equation was CR x2 = EL +4 (and thus CR x1.5 = EL +2).But the correct equation is more like CR x2 = EL +8 (and thus CR x1.5 = EL +4).</blockquote>

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