Mike Shea

And I don't really have to change it based on that. It's just giving me information. It's just letting me know. So how do you calculate the lazy encounter benchmark? I have a single sentence that you can memorize that will help you understand that threat. And the sentence is, an encounter may be deadly

If the sum total of monster challenge ratings is greater than one fourth of the total of character levels or one half of those character levels, if they're fifth level or above. That's the lazy encounter benchmark. Some people say, however, what about as a single monster? So there's a little augment that we have to add to this if they're fighting a really big monster.

If the sum total of monster challenge ratings is greater than one fourth of the total of character levels or one half of those character levels, if they're fifth level or above. That's the lazy encounter benchmark. Some people say, however, what about as a single monster? So there's a little augment that we have to add to this if they're fighting a really big monster.

If the sum total of monster challenge ratings is greater than one fourth of the total of character levels or one half of those character levels, if they're fifth level or above. That's the lazy encounter benchmark. Some people say, however, what about as a single monster? So there's a little augment that we have to add to this if they're fighting a really big monster.

And the big monster one is a single monster might be deadly if its challenge rating is greater than the average level of the characters or greater than one fifth of the average character levels if the characters are fifth level or above.

And the big monster one is a single monster might be deadly if its challenge rating is greater than the average level of the characters or greater than one fifth of the average character levels if the characters are fifth level or above.

And the big monster one is a single monster might be deadly if its challenge rating is greater than the average level of the characters or greater than one fifth of the average character levels if the characters are fifth level or above.

That gets into that, like, if the characters are fifth, then even a single CR5 monster is not going to be much of a threat because of the extra action economy they get. But here's an easier way to calculate the encounter benchmark. Like, those sentences all work. I have to change this part. Oh, I can't change it because it's on the web. It's not equals to the character level.

That gets into that, like, if the characters are fifth, then even a single CR5 monster is not going to be much of a threat because of the extra action economy they get. But here's an easier way to calculate the encounter benchmark. Like, those sentences all work. I have to change this part. Oh, I can't change it because it's on the web. It's not equals to the character level.

That gets into that, like, if the characters are fifth, then even a single CR5 monster is not going to be much of a threat because of the extra action economy they get. But here's an easier way to calculate the encounter benchmark. Like, those sentences all work. I have to change this part. Oh, I can't change it because it's on the web. It's not equals to the character level.

It's greater than the character levels. So there's an easier way to handle this because that sentence can get a little complicated, right? I have to kind of think about it a lot. So here's an easier way to do it. And an easier way to do it is when you're doing your prep, you write down the total of all character levels. So if you have five fifth level characters, you write 25 down.

It's greater than the character levels. So there's an easier way to handle this because that sentence can get a little complicated, right? I have to kind of think about it a lot. So here's an easier way to do it. And an easier way to do it is when you're doing your prep, you write down the total of all character levels. So if you have five fifth level characters, you write 25 down.

It's greater than the character levels. So there's an easier way to handle this because that sentence can get a little complicated, right? I have to kind of think about it a lot. So here's an easier way to do it. And an easier way to do it is when you're doing your prep, you write down the total of all character levels. So if you have five fifth level characters, you write 25 down.

You add them all together, add all the character levels together, and you get 25. If you have four sixth level characters, that's 24, right? 6, 12, 18, 24, yeah, 24. So you write that number down. Then if they're fourth level or below, you divide that number by four. right? So if I have, again, we'll go with third level, I have five third level characters, right? So that's three times five is 15.

You add them all together, add all the character levels together, and you get 25. If you have four sixth level characters, that's 24, right? 6, 12, 18, 24, yeah, 24. So you write that number down. Then if they're fourth level or below, you divide that number by four. right? So if I have, again, we'll go with third level, I have five third level characters, right? So that's three times five is 15.

You add them all together, add all the character levels together, and you get 25. If you have four sixth level characters, that's 24, right? 6, 12, 18, 24, yeah, 24. So you write that number down. Then if they're fourth level or below, you divide that number by four. right? So if I have, again, we'll go with third level, I have five third level characters, right? So that's three times five is 15.

I divide that by four, probably round it to, to, to, you know, so, so we'd say 16. So it's about four. So if I divide it, then it's about, then, then I have that number and that's about four. That is your lazy encounter benchmark. That means if you throw more than four CRs worth of monsters at the characters, it's going to be tough.

I divide that by four, probably round it to, to, to, you know, so, so we'd say 16. So it's about four. So if I divide it, then it's about, then, then I have that number and that's about four. That is your lazy encounter benchmark. That means if you throw more than four CRs worth of monsters at the characters, it's going to be tough.

I divide that by four, probably round it to, to, to, you know, so, so we'd say 16. So it's about four. So if I divide it, then it's about, then, then I have that number and that's about four. That is your lazy encounter benchmark. That means if you throw more than four CRs worth of monsters at the characters, it's going to be tough.

For example, I'm running a game in a little short, about a short amount of time. And in that short amount of time, the characters are going to be, I think I have five fourth-level characters, right? So five fourth-level characters is 20, and I divide that by four, and it's five. So I know that they can handle about five CRs worth of monsters.