Off-Topic General Discussion - Page 1329

On March 05 2014 02:41 Requizen wrote:
CR is Challenge Rating. I don't know how Next works with combat, but in 3.5 each monster has a CR to indicate their difficulty. For example, a CR 9 monster should be an acceptable challenge for a party of average level 9 who have moderate preparation and supplies. A party with average level 8 would have a bit more of a challenge with it, etc.

It's kinda iffy in 3.5, since as the party gets higher level CRs are kinda wonky, depending on the classes and gear, so you need to start looking at the monster's statlines and if they have magic/special abilities that make them harder/easier.

On March 05 2014 03:04 Requizen wrote:
What's the meta in SC2 nowadays? I've been meaning to watch more.

On March 05 2014 03:18 TheYango wrote:

To expound on this a little bit, a party is expected to be able to handle ~5 encounters of Encounter Level equal to the party's level in a day assuming they're fully recovered (full hit point recovery, all casters with spells fully memorized, no random afflictions lingering about). Encounter levels beyond that aren't out of the question, they're just expected to use up more of the party's resources.

Strictly speaking, an encounter that's 4-5 levels higher than the party is actually supposed to be doable for a party that's pushed to its limit (uses their entire day's resources plus more permanent resources like potions/scrolls/wands)--anything higher than that is not expected to be reasonable without some extreme ingenuity, DM intervention, or somebody dying. However, note that for a low level party, you have to be more conservative than that, because low level encounters are subject to much more variance and the party has less lifelines when something bad happens. Usually an EL 3-4 encounter is the most you'd risk with a level 1 party.

On March 05 2014 03:18 TheYango wrote:

To expound on this a little bit, a party is expected to be able to handle ~5 encounters of Encounter Level equal to the party's level in a day assuming they're fully recovered (full hit point recovery, all casters with spells fully memorized, no random afflictions lingering about). Encounter levels beyond that aren't out of the question, they're just expected to use up more of the party's resources.

Strictly speaking, an encounter that's 4-5 levels higher than the party is actually supposed to be doable for a party that's pushed to its limit (uses their entire day's resources plus more permanent resources like potions/scrolls/wands)--anything higher than that is not expected to be reasonable without some extreme ingenuity, DM intervention, or somebody dying. However, note that for a low level party, you have to be more conservative than that, because low level encounters are subject to much more variance and the party has less lifelines when something bad happens. Usually an EL 3-4 encounter is the most you'd risk with a level 1 party.

On March 05 2014 03:26 TheYango wrote:
Also, as far as roleplaying goes, I've always felt like the SCP universe was the perfect setting for a roleplaying group, but have never found an appropriate system to play it with, nor a group with enough familiarity with the setting.

On March 05 2014 03:40 Nos- wrote:
Yango you're the biggest nerd

On March 05 2014 03:40 Nos- wrote:
Yango you're the biggest nerd

On March 05 2014 03:24 Requizen wrote:

Yango, what is a subject that you don't know anything about? Because you being this smart is starting to get annoying

On March 05 2014 04:09 AsmodeusXI wrote:
Same boat as you sonib: want to play some D3, DESPERATELY have to finish some campaign writing. T_T Saturday deadline and so much more to do!

On March 05 2014 04:25 Roffles wrote:

Bro, writing is so easy. I write classic poems with little to no practice at all. Just need some motivation

On March 05 2014 04:26 AsmodeusXI wrote:


I've seen your classic poems.

Not all of us are cancer-writing savants.