Aeromyre
2010-06-09, 11:35 AM
Ok I'm the DM of a group of five about to get started again this sunday for the first time in almost a year. We had a AD&D Campaign but i've converted characters and whatnot to Pathfinder.
My party consists of this
Geon Treebark, Barbarian level 6 Player Has 30 year exp (in AD&D)
Jabu Moondust, Cleric of Dionysis level 5, 10 years exp (been my partner in learning 3.5/PF rules)
Madi, Summoner wizard level 5, 2 years exp (also plays Mutants and Masterminds with Jabu and I)
Thomore, Ranger level 3, Very limited exp made it to sessions 1/3 of the time
Illidan, Warmage (from Complete Arcane) level 3, (Thinks everything is world of warcraft... also limited experience because he failed to come to sessions)
But anyways, when calculating APL or the party's effective CR, do i simply average the levels? Because i find you could have two level 20s and 10 level 1s and their APL would be 4.
So when calculating the CR of a monster encounter i get the APL then count the number of creatures and use this table to adjust the CR.
http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb83/radmaster64/?action=view¤t=CRADJUSTTABLE.png
So would it make sense to do the same thing for the party?
i mean you could have 16 level 4s and their APL would be 4 no matter what but with this adjustment their CR would be 12.
So if I used this method to determine the party's CR it would be 8.
I really want to know because it give me an idea how powerful my bosses should be.
if you can't see the picture it's here http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb83/radmaster64/?action=view¤t=CRADJUSTTABLE.png
Thanks in advance
My party consists of this
Geon Treebark, Barbarian level 6 Player Has 30 year exp (in AD&D)
Jabu Moondust, Cleric of Dionysis level 5, 10 years exp (been my partner in learning 3.5/PF rules)
Madi, Summoner wizard level 5, 2 years exp (also plays Mutants and Masterminds with Jabu and I)
Thomore, Ranger level 3, Very limited exp made it to sessions 1/3 of the time
Illidan, Warmage (from Complete Arcane) level 3, (Thinks everything is world of warcraft... also limited experience because he failed to come to sessions)
But anyways, when calculating APL or the party's effective CR, do i simply average the levels? Because i find you could have two level 20s and 10 level 1s and their APL would be 4.
So when calculating the CR of a monster encounter i get the APL then count the number of creatures and use this table to adjust the CR.
http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb83/radmaster64/?action=view¤t=CRADJUSTTABLE.png
So would it make sense to do the same thing for the party?
i mean you could have 16 level 4s and their APL would be 4 no matter what but with this adjustment their CR would be 12.
So if I used this method to determine the party's CR it would be 8.
I really want to know because it give me an idea how powerful my bosses should be.
if you can't see the picture it's here http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb83/radmaster64/?action=view¤t=CRADJUSTTABLE.png
Thanks in advance