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Hi all,<br><br>how do you manage to balance encounters in P&P?<br><br>I have a group of four players:<br><br>Ennon: OCV 2, DCV 4<br>Gunnard: OCV 9, DCV 8<br>Darrel: OCV 3, DCV 5<br>Habbakuk: OCV 6, DCV 5<br><br>the average hit point value of each character is around 20, except for Gunnard who has 33 HPV.<br><br>Given this situation, i always have doubts as to which creature (monster) they should face.<br>As you probably remember, Richard Snider at the end of book IV stated that "the situation that evolves in your game must be designed such that:<br><br>A) they are not automatic victories for your players<br>AND<br>B) they are situations that the party involved can win<br><br>I always try to stick to this (apparently simple) rule, but it is not so easy, so i would like to know how you are used to managing encounters.<br><br>I think it is a mistake for the game master to throw monsters at the party that are too strong to beat, but at the same time the player's skills must be put to test, that is why i think that encounters should always be balanced. <br><br>Now, how to balance them? How to pick the correct monster (<b>one which is as strong as my players are</b>) from the monster list in book III?<br>
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