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#1 Wanderia May 22, 2015 18:06:25	In older versions of the Monster Manual there would be a stat called organization, which would give some guidance on how many numbers of a creature could be found in a certain situation, and include such things as number of combatants and non-combatants. Orcs for example were listed as  Gang (2-4), Squad (11-20 plus 1 Sergeant (3rd Level) and 1 Leader (6th Level), Band (30-100 plus 150% non-combatant...)   I was wondering if there was any resourse for such information as I can't find it in the DMG or Monster Manual in 5th Ed?   If not how would you suggest setting up something like a goblin clan in a dungeon or a campaign.
#2 AaronOfBarbaria May 22, 2015 18:47:03	Guidance on how many of each type of creature to have present has switched from being provided by monster type to being provided in the general encounter building guidelines.   How I suggest setting up a goblin clan in a dungeon or campaign is this: decide how many goblins are present based on what you want the goblins to represent to your players and their characters.
#3 intently May 23, 2015 11:29:42	I'd love by-monster guidance on how various monsters are organized. That would be very helpful, and would spur my imagination as well.
(Reply to #3) AaronOfBarbaria	intently wrote:
#5 Xeviat-DM May 23, 2015 19:18:04	I'd like to see some prebuilt encounters with the monster entries. Something like "Goblin Boss and 4 Goblins, 400 xp, modified 800 xp; deadly level 4-, hard level 5, medium level 6-7, easy level 8+". Though this highlights a shortcoming of the encounter design guidelines; a fireball will clean up this fight if they bunch up, since goblins only have 7 hp (and are dead on a successful save).