AnarionZelle
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 | | 07/27/2008 3:16 PM |
| Found this over at enworld; looks pretty cool 
http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=226187
Encounter Design Simplified
Step One: Determine the Encounter Budget
For each PC in the party, look up his level, and add the indicated amount of XP to the encounter budget.
Example: Party of four 1st level PCs each add +100 to the budget; total budget = 400 XP. Code: Level ÂXP Budget (per PC) 1        Â100 2        Â150 3        Â200 4        Â300 5        Â400 6        Â600 7        Â800 8        Â1200 9        Â1600 10      Â2400 11      Â3200 12      Â4800 13      Â6400 14      Â9600 15      Â12800 16      Â19200 17      Â25600 18      Â38400 19      Â51200 20      Â76800   Step Two: Determine Desired Difficulty
Multiply the total XP budget by the following multipliers:
Easy: x2/3 (-1 EL)
Average: x1
Challenging: x1.5 (+1 EL)
Hard: x2 (+2 EL)
Epic: x3 (+3 EL)
Example: Initial budget 400, challenging encounter x1.5, final budget = 600.
Step Three: Purchase Creatures from the Budget
Using the Creature XP values provided by Pathfinder, "purchase" creatures out of your encounter budget. Code: CRÂ Â Â Â Â ÂXP Â1/10Â Â40 Â1/8 Â Â Â50 Â1/6 Â Â Â65 Â1/4 Â Â Â100 Â1/3 Â Â Â135 Â1/2 Â Â Â200 1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â400 2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â600 3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â800 4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â1200 5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â1600 6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â2400 7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â3200 8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â4800 9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â6400 10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â9600 11Â Â Â Â Â Â Â12800 12Â Â Â Â Â Â Â19200 13Â Â Â Â Â Â Â25600 14Â Â Â Â Â Â Â38400 15Â Â Â Â Â Â Â51200 16Â Â Â Â Â Â Â76800 17Â Â Â Â Â Â Â102400 18Â Â Â Â Â Â Â153600 19Â Â Â Â Â Â Â204800 20Â Â Â Â Â Â Â307200 21Â Â Â Â Â Â Â409600 22Â Â Â Â Â Â Â614400 23Â Â Â Â Â Â Â819200 24Â Â Â Â Â Â Â1228800 25Â Â Â Â Â Â Â1638400 Â NOTE 1: If you have to purchase more than 10 of any creature, it's probably not going to add much to the challenge of the encounter.
NOTE 2: Buy the most expensive creatures first. When you are done, if you have points left over, you can either toss them aside, or you can "overspend" just enough to buy one creature of the closest available amount.
Pathfinder Examples
These examples are taken directly from the Alpha 2 document.  Quote: Let’s say you want your group of four 5th-level characters to fight a group of ogres (CR 3). |
 Four 5th level characters each add 400 XP to the budget, for a total of 1600 XP.
An average fight (x1 budget multiplier, 1600 budget) is 2 ogres (CR3=800 each).
A challenging fight (x1.5 budget multiplier, 2400 budget) is 3 ogres.
A hard fight (x2 budget multiplier, 3200 budget) is 4 ogres.
An epic fight (x3 budget multiplier, 4800 budget) is 6 ogres.  Quote: Let’s say you want your group of six 8th-level PCs to face off against a group of gargoyles (CR 4) and their stone giant boss (CR 8). This is to be a challenging fight. |
 Six 8th level PCs is a base budget of 6 x 1200XP, or 7200 XP.
It's to be a challenging fight, x1.5, final budget = 10800 XP.
Stone Giant (CR8) costs us 4800 XP, leaving 6000 XP to spend on gargoyles.
Gargoyles cost 1200 XP each; 6000/1200 = five gargoyles. Â Â Brilliant! | |
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