Challenge Ratings for C&C

Ariddrake · Post by **Ariddrake** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:24 pm

I know some people don't like Challenge Ratings from DnD 3.0 ( I know they were hit or miss when designing encounters) but they helped me in designing adventures as a starting point. I have posted what I use for C&C on my website as a pdf download. Hope they can help somebody.
http://www.edgewoodgames.com/

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:27 pm

So your basing it on how much the xp award is per character for a 4 character party?

Ariddrake · Post by **Ariddrake** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:41 pm

The XP is the total that is divided by the 4 party members. Example: (3) 3hp kolbolds (total 24xp) would be a good encounter that you could throw at a group of 1st level characters without them having to return to the Inn to rest and recover before crawling back in the dungeon. (1) lion with 16hp (124xp) would be a good encounter for (4) 2nd lvl characters. If you wanted to really challenge them use a creature from the next xp range.

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:57 pm

OK. Sounds good. I'm pretty good at judging good encounters after 20+ years, but my kids and anyone who doesn't feel confident about it will probably find this helpful. You may want to add and example or two for clarification purposes.

Ariddrake · Post by **Ariddrake** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:10 pm

The example is a good idea for clarification. I played 1st edition but did not play again until 3.0 now just play C&C and some old TSR games. I hadn't DM in a while and alot has to do with your own experience.

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 11:13 pm

Very true. I have been gaming the whole 20+ years, with a wide variety of people, so I definitley feel like a high level DM.

Ariddrake · Post by **Ariddrake** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 11:25 pm

I'm a closet DM, my wife doesn't know. I'm a 3rd level DM because of my shame and her getting a bad impression of D&D because of Mazes & Monsters (Damn you Tom Hanks).

Maliki · Post by **Maliki** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:42 am

Ariddrake wrote:
I'm a closet DM, my wife doesn't know. I'm a 3rd level DM because of my shame and her getting a bad impression of D&D because of Mazes & Monsters (Damn you Tom Hanks).

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