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<blockquote data-quote="J-H" data-source="post: 9243904" data-attributes="member: 7020951"><p>I think instead of just a number, it would be useful to include a role with it. </p><p>The role names have probably been done to death since 4e so I probably do not need to give examples, although it would help if there is a melee/ranged tag to go with it.</p><p>Monks are melee controller (stun, knockback) while a bard would be a ranged controller.</p><p></p><p>But now it's too complicated to just go next to a single CR #.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, a CR 5 caster that's throwing out Stinking Cloud and Grease impacts the battlefield very differently versus one that's throwing out Fireball and Magic Missile. The DPS one will do more damage, but the control one will make the battle much more engaging.</p><p></p><p>I don't really do CR, I mostly eyeball stuff and it works out. It's not my job to solve the party's problems, and it's their job to figure out if they need to run away. As long as the terrain and setting is not a big wide flat plain, they have options.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J-H, post: 9243904, member: 7020951"] I think instead of just a number, it would be useful to include a role with it. The role names have probably been done to death since 4e so I probably do not need to give examples, although it would help if there is a melee/ranged tag to go with it. Monks are melee controller (stun, knockback) while a bard would be a ranged controller. But now it's too complicated to just go next to a single CR #. On the other hand, a CR 5 caster that's throwing out Stinking Cloud and Grease impacts the battlefield very differently versus one that's throwing out Fireball and Magic Missile. The DPS one will do more damage, but the control one will make the battle much more engaging. I don't really do CR, I mostly eyeball stuff and it works out. It's not my job to solve the party's problems, and it's their job to figure out if they need to run away. As long as the terrain and setting is not a big wide flat plain, they have options. [/QUOTE]
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