New Tactical Encounters and Experience [Archive] - Wizards Community

New Tactical Encounters and Experience [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
BranWheat
06-02-07, 03:17 PM Hello, I'm running one of the newer modules that have come out recently, The Eyes of the Lich Queen, and I have a question about the new tactical encounter format and how experience should be awarded for it.

Many of the encounters are listed as such "2 Poison Dusk Lizardfolk - CR 2" or "3 Poison Dusk Lizardfolk - CR 2". Does this mean the entire encounter is CR 2 or that each individual monster is CR2?

When awarding XP, the DM's guide breaks down experience by a per monster basis, if the above encounters are group CR's, how would I handle XP?

Thanks
Murrdox
06-02-07, 06:05 PM I'm not sure how Wizards publishes encounters in their published adventures. However, it sounds as if the CR listed is per monster.

If you have more than one monster, I would expect the book to use "EL" for Encounter Level instead.

For example:

2 Poison Dusk Lizards - CR 2 (EL 4)

So the Dusk Lizards are CR 2 a piece, and the entire encounter is EL 4.
Marcus Majarra
06-03-07, 02:18 AM While I haven't seen Eyes of the Lich Queen, I'm expecting those poison dusk lizardfolk to have two class levels. If so, then each is worth a CR 2 reward, as indicated by Murrdox.
Kouk
06-03-07, 05:40 AM Poison Dusk Lizardfolk (MM3) advance by class, and their CR is based on class levels.

Shouldn't there be a little mini-entry about the monsters somewhere that includes among other things the CR for each?

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
BranWheat 06-02-07, 03:17 PM	Hello, I'm running one of the newer modules that have come out recently, The Eyes of the Lich Queen, and I have a question about the new tactical encounter format and how experience should be awarded for it. Many of the encounters are listed as such "2 Poison Dusk Lizardfolk - CR 2" or "3 Poison Dusk Lizardfolk - CR 2". Does this mean the entire encounter is CR 2 or that each individual monster is CR2? When awarding XP, the DM's guide breaks down experience by a per monster basis, if the above encounters are group CR's, how would I handle XP? Thanks
Murrdox 06-02-07, 06:05 PM	I'm not sure how Wizards publishes encounters in their published adventures. However, it sounds as if the CR listed is per monster. If you have more than one monster, I would expect the book to use "EL" for Encounter Level instead. For example: 2 Poison Dusk Lizards - CR 2 (EL 4) So the Dusk Lizards are CR 2 a piece, and the entire encounter is EL 4.
Marcus Majarra 06-03-07, 02:18 AM	While I haven't seen Eyes of the Lich Queen, I'm expecting those poison dusk lizardfolk to have two class levels. If so, then each is worth a CR 2 reward, as indicated by Murrdox.
Kouk 06-03-07, 05:40 AM	Poison Dusk Lizardfolk (MM3) advance by class, and their CR is based on class levels. Shouldn't there be a little mini-entry about the monsters somewhere that includes among other things the CR for each?