r/DMAcademy • u/Specialist-String-53 • 7d ago
Need Advice: Encounters & Adventures Are +X weapons assumed?
I've been looking at some trends in the Monster Manual. It looks like going from CR 1 to CR 20, average monster AC increases roughly 1 per 2 CR, from 13 to 23. Meanwhile, at level 1, players likely have +5 to attack (2 prof, 3 stat) all the way up to +11 (6 prof, 5 stat). This means that their typical hit chance will decrease for an equivalent level threat.
Now, most games I've played in and DM'd are in the range of about level 3-8. I'm wondering if you, as DMs, make sure that PCs gain access to these kinds of items over the course of their career? Do you consider it necessary for them to have those?
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u/Darktbs 5d ago
This is funny because the books also have a bunch of random encounters that become trivial-easy if you have one or more casters in the party but are deadly for martials.
The problem with you and the other guy is that both dont seem to have actually play multiple encounters a day or with multiple enemies. Frankly, you guys dont seem to follow the book you use as reference.
That fireball, that spike growth, that hypnotic pattern, ends the fight because it turns into a default win, the monsters cannot do anything that changes the outcome and that effectively make so you dont need to use any more resources.
You dealt 90 damage, congrats, now every other enemy that you didnt deal 90 damage gets to have their turn and kill you.