J-H
2016-10-10, 11:08 AM
We all know the CR & EL system is, at best, very imprecise.
#1) Do you still use it to determine XP, or do you do XP by objective completion?
#2) I have been using the EL calculator on the SRD, and my 4 6th-level players buzzsawed through what was allegedly an EL 11 encounter in about 7 rounds. One 5th-level enemy entered late (round 4) and only got a single hit in.
My players are not what I would call highly optimized (ToB multiclass headed to Mo9, Dragon Shaman->Crusader, Warlock, and a Psion whose Astral Construct is a beast of a 5th party member). I'm considering treating them as 1 level higher and counting the Construct as an additional party member when using the EL calculator to determine whether or not something will be a fun challenge. Has anyone else done this?
#1) Do you still use it to determine XP, or do you do XP by objective completion?
#2) I have been using the EL calculator on the SRD, and my 4 6th-level players buzzsawed through what was allegedly an EL 11 encounter in about 7 rounds. One 5th-level enemy entered late (round 4) and only got a single hit in.
My players are not what I would call highly optimized (ToB multiclass headed to Mo9, Dragon Shaman->Crusader, Warlock, and a Psion whose Astral Construct is a beast of a 5th party member). I'm considering treating them as 1 level higher and counting the Construct as an additional party member when using the EL calculator to determine whether or not something will be a fun challenge. Has anyone else done this?