How do I determine the difficulty of an encounter for my players?
New DM here, just two sessions under my belt. How should I determine the difficulty of an encounter? I have nine level two players. (I know it's too much, but I really suck at turning people away.) Is there some formula to follow? I know monsters have Challenge levels, but I don't know how to apply it.
Posted Feb 8, 2018, 11:35 PM UTC
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Its a relatively complex system. You can use kobold fight club (use google) if you wanna check encounter difficulty. :)
General rule: A group of 4 lvl 1 characters = 1 CR
However, Matt Colville just recommends that it doesn't really matter too much. Just know that the number of enemies shouldn't be higher than the number of player. Thats when it gets deadly. :)
Here's the link to Kobold Fight Club
https://kobold.club/fight/#/encounter-builder