Editing Challenge Rating (section)

==5e==
[[5e]] solved the issue somewhat with the encounter building tables of the 10/10/2016 [[Unearthed Arcana]] article. The following table is plucked from that article, and lists the ratio of the number of adventurers needed for a monster of equal level (do note that the assumed base party size is now 5-6 members, which has led to almost across the board reassigning of CR values compared to 3.x even for monsters that didn’t have their stats or battle mechanics substantially retooled for 5e). For example, a 6th level character can handle two monsters with CR1, while a 7th level character can handle three. Do this for every character you have in your party and presto, you're done. This still requires some fidgeting however: it would take four 3rd level characters to take down a CR2 monster, an example of which would be a skeletal minotaur. That thing can hit for 4d8+4 damage (22 average) on the charge, which means that with some luck it can one-shot a third level character. 

The ''Monster Manual'' itself also points out that CR isn't a substitute for brains, specifically calling out the [[rakshasa]] as an example of a monster whose immunities let it punch well above its weight class and ruin a party's day if they're not properly equipped (which of course begs the question of why is shit like damage immunities and spell abilities still not being properly factored into CR after refining the concept).

As such, always keep an eye out for such outliers when building encounters.

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| Level || 1/8 || 1/4 || 1/2 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9 || 10 || 11 || 12 || 13 || 14 || 15 || 16 || 17 || 18 || 19 || 20
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| 1st || 1:2 || 1:1 || 3:1 || 5:1 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 2nd || 1:3 || 1:2 || 1:1 || 3:1 || 6:1 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 3rd || 1:5 || 1:2 || 1:1 || 2:1 || 4:1 || 6:1 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 4th || 1:8 || 1:4 || 1:2 || 1:1 || 2:1 || 4:1 || 6:1 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 5th || 1:12 || 1:8 || 1:4 || 1:2 || 1:1 || 2:1 || 3:1 || 5:1 || 6:1 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 6th || 1:12 || 1:9 || 1:5 || 1:2 || 1:1 || 2:1 || 2:1 || 4:1 || 5:1 || 6:1 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 7th || 1:12 || 1:12 || 1:6 || 1:3 || 1:1 || 1:1 || 2:1 || 3:1 || 4:1 || 5:1 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 8th || 1:12 || 1:12 || 1:7 || 1:4 || 1:2 || 1:1 || 2:1 || 3:1 || 3:1 || 4:1 || 6:1 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 9th || 1:12 || 1:12 || 1:8 || 1:4 || 1:2 || 1:1 || 1:1 || 2:1 || 3:1 || 4:1 || 5:1 || 6:1 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 10th || 1:12 || 1:12 || 1:10 || 1:5 || 1:2 || 1:1 || 1:1 || 2:1 || 2:1 || 3:1 || 4:1 || 5:1 || 6:1 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 11th || - || - || - || 1:6 || 1:3 || 1:2 || 1:1 || 2:1 || 2:1 || 2:1 || 3:1 || 4:1 || 5:1 || 6:1 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 12th || - || - || - || 1:8 || 1:3 || 1:2 || 1:1 || 1:1 || 2:1 || 2:1 || 3:1 || 3:1 || 4:1 || 5:1 || 6:1 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 13th || - || - || - || 1:9 || 1:4 || 1:2 || 1:2 || 1:1 || 1:1 || 2:1 || 2:1 || 3:1 || 3:1 || 4:1 || 5:1 || 6:1 || – || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 14th || - || - || - || 1:10 || 1:4 || 1:3 || 1:2 || 1:1 || 1:1 || 2:1 || 2:1 || 3:1 || 3:1 || 4:1 || 4:1 || 5:1 || 6:1 || – || – || – || – || – || –
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| 15th || - || - || - || 1:12 || 1:5 || 1:3 || 1:2 || 1:1 || 1:1 || 1:1 || 2:1 || 2:1 || 3:1 || 3:1 || 4:1 || 5:1 || 5:1 || 6:1 || – || – || – || – || –
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| 16th || - || - || - || - || 1:5 || 1:3 || 1:2 || 1:1 || 1:1 || 1:1 || 2:1 || 2:1 || 2:1 || 3:1 || 4:1 || 4:1 || 5:1 || 5:1 || 6:1 || – || – || – || –
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| 17th || - || - || - || - || 1:7 || 1:4 || 1:3 || 1:2 || 1:1 || 1:1 || 1:1 || 2:1 || 2:1 || 2:1 || 3:1 || 3:1 || 4:1 || 4:1 || 5:1 || 6:1 || – || – || –
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| 18th || - || - || - || - || 1:7 || 1:5 || 1:3 || 1:2 || 1:1 || 1:1 || 1:1 || 2:1 || 2:1 || 2:1 || 3:1 || 3:1 || 4:1 || 4:1 || 5:1 || 6:1 || 6:1 || – || –
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| 19th || - || - || - || - || 1:8 || 1:5 || 1:3 || 1:2 || 1:2 || 1:1 || 1:1 || 1:1 || 2:1 || 2:1 || 2:1 || 3:1 || 3:1 || 4:1 || 4:1 || 5:1 || 6:1 || 6:1 || –
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| 20th || - || - || - || - || 1:9 || 1:6 || 1:4 || 1:2 || 1:2 || 1:1 || 1:1 || 1:1 || 1:1 || 2:1 || 2:1 || 2:1 || 3:1 || 3:1 || 4:1 || 4:1 || 5:1 || 5:1 || 6:1
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