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Scott Wegener
12-20-05, 11:46 AM I'm DMing a game without actually owning a copy of the DM Guide -is that insane? :D

One of the Players brings his on the night of game and I've been using the various on-line SRD's in between and that's been working just fine.

However, none of them seem to have, (or I can't find), the guidelines for adjusting CR when you have multiple creatures facing your Players. For example, I know that a single Troll is CR 5, and two Trols are CR 7, but I don't remember why.

Does anyone know where I can find the rules for this on-line, or feel like printing them here?

Anyone got a used DM Guide I can buy? (j/k)
Luega
12-20-05, 11:51 AM I my memory serves, a doubling of the number of creatures increases the EL by 2.

So one Troll is CR (and EL) 5. Two Trolls are EL 7. Four Trolls are EL 9. Each individual Troll is still only CR 5, though. It's just the encounter level that increases.

I could be slightly off on this, and I'm too lazy to go check in my DMG. Could someone verify this?
With_a_Whimper
12-20-05, 01:27 PM I my memory serves, a doubling of the number of creatures increases the EL by 2.

That's correct.

To Scott Wegener: I understand being w/o, its tough but manageable. Here is a great little (actually rather large) site: Hypertext SRD (http://www.d20srd.org)

hope it helps.
Good Agnostic
12-20-05, 03:23 PM If you are looking to buy books cheap, check out eBay.
Scott Wegener
12-21-05, 10:18 AM That's correct.

To Scott Wegener: I understand being w/o, its tough but manageable. Here is a great little (actually rather large) site: Hypertext SRD (http://www.d20srd.org)

hope it helps.

I love the Hypertext SRD, but I couldn't find this info in there.

I know it has the handy EL calculator thing, but I wanted to know the rule so I could do the math in my head when flipping through the MM or FF.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Scott Wegener 12-20-05, 11:46 AM	I'm DMing a game without actually owning a copy of the DM Guide -is that insane? :D One of the Players brings his on the night of game and I've been using the various on-line SRD's in between and that's been working just fine. However, none of them seem to have, (or I can't find), the guidelines for adjusting CR when you have multiple creatures facing your Players. For example, I know that a single Troll is CR 5, and two Trols are CR 7, but I don't remember why. Does anyone know where I can find the rules for this on-line, or feel like printing them here? Anyone got a used DM Guide I can buy? (j/k)
Luega 12-20-05, 11:51 AM	I my memory serves, a doubling of the number of creatures increases the EL by 2. So one Troll is CR (and EL) 5. Two Trolls are EL 7. Four Trolls are EL 9. Each individual Troll is still only CR 5, though. It's just the encounter level that increases. I could be slightly off on this, and I'm too lazy to go check in my DMG. Could someone verify this?
With_a_Whimper 12-20-05, 01:27 PM	I my memory serves, a doubling of the number of creatures increases the EL by 2. That's correct. To Scott Wegener: I understand being w/o, its tough but manageable. Here is a great little (actually rather large) site: Hypertext SRD (http://www.d20srd.org) hope it helps.
Good Agnostic 12-20-05, 03:23 PM	If you are looking to buy books cheap, check out eBay.
Scott Wegener 12-21-05, 10:18 AM	That's correct. To Scott Wegener: I understand being w/o, its tough but manageable. Here is a great little (actually rather large) site: Hypertext SRD (http://www.d20srd.org) hope it helps. I love the Hypertext SRD, but I couldn't find this info in there. I know it has the handy EL calculator thing, but I wanted to know the rule so I could do the math in my head when flipping through the MM or FF.