Something that always bugged me with the skill check DC guidelines for this edition is that there doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to them beyond just going up by 5 because it’s a nice round number. In an effort to address this, I decided to try and see what kind of DCs… Read More Rationalized Skill Check DCs for 5th Edition D&D

In D&D 3rd Edition, the basic assumed party size was four characters, and a fight of “Average” difficulty worked out to four monsters of CR [characterLevel – 4]. That is, four level 5 PCs versus four level 1 monsters, or four level 14 PCs versus four level 10 monsters, or four level 1 PCs versus… Read More Building an “Average” Encounter in 5th Edition D&D