CasualCreative
2016-08-02, 10:48 PM
Hi all, I'm new here. I'm GMing for my group and I'm having trouble balancing encounters. Here's the dealio:
My players are going to be going against some baddies with tamed fire elementals and I know they can't handle those things by themselves, so they're getting help from some good-aligned NPCs. For the NPCs, I used the statblocks from Appendix B of the Monster Manual, and planning encounters with them is getting on my nerves. How do I calculate the level equivalent of NPCs which use statblocks from the MM? What level is a CR 2 Bandit Captain and how do I calculate that for other monsters and NPCs? I'm using the Kobold Fight Club to help me calculate encounters. Thanks in advanced.
My players are going to be going against some baddies with tamed fire elementals and I know they can't handle those things by themselves, so they're getting help from some good-aligned NPCs. For the NPCs, I used the statblocks from Appendix B of the Monster Manual, and planning encounters with them is getting on my nerves. How do I calculate the level equivalent of NPCs which use statblocks from the MM? What level is a CR 2 Bandit Captain and how do I calculate that for other monsters and NPCs? I'm using the Kobold Fight Club to help me calculate encounters. Thanks in advanced.