EL Tables :: RPG20

EL depending on CR and number of creatures

The DMG has a table for calculating encounters (replicated below), but I find this presentation to be less confusing. You pick a CR (rows) and a number of creatures (columns) and the number in the cell indicates the EL.

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
		Number of creatures
Challenge Rating
	1	1	2	3	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
	2	2	4	5	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
	3	3	5	6	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
	4	4	6	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
	5	5	7	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
	6	6	8	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
	7	7	9	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16
	8	8	10	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17
	9	9	11	12	13	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18
	10	10	12	13	14	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19
	11	11	13	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20
	12	12	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21
	13	13	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22
	14	14	16	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23
	15	15	17	18	19	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	24
	16	16	18	19	20	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	25
	17	17	19	20	21	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	26
	18	18	20	21	22	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	27
	19	19	21	22	23	24	24	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	28
	20	20	22	23	24	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	29

CR depending on EL and number of creatures

This is similar to the same table listed in the DMG. You pick a desired EL (rows) and the number of creatures (columns), and the number in the cell indicates the CR of those creatures.

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
		Number of creatures
Encounter Level
	1	1	0.5	0.33	0.25	0.2	0.17	0.14	0.13	0.11	0.1	0.09	0.08	0.08	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.05
	2	2	1	0.67	0.5	0.4	0.33	0.29	0.25	0.22	0.2	0.18	0.17	0.15	0.14	0.13	0.13	0.12	0.11	0.11	0.1
	3	3	1	0.94	0.71	0.57	0.47	0.4	0.35	0.31	0.28	0.26	0.24	0.22	0.2	0.19	0.18	0.17	0.16	0.15	0.14
	4	4	2	1	1	0.8	0.67	0.57	0.5	0.44	0.4	0.36	0.33	0.31	0.29	0.27	0.25	0.24	0.22	0.21	0.2
	5	5	3	2	1	1	0.94	0.81	0.71	0.63	0.57	0.51	0.47	0.44	0.4	0.38	0.35	0.33	0.31	0.3	0.28
	6	6	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	0.89	0.8	0.73	0.67	0.62	0.57	0.53	0.5	0.47	0.44	0.42	0.4
	7	7	5	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0.94	0.87	0.81	0.75	0.71	0.67	0.63	0.6	0.57
	8	8	6	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0.94	0.89	0.84	0.8
	9	9	7	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
	10	10	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
	11	11	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
	12	12	10	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
	13	13	11	10	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
	14	14	12	11	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
	15	15	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
	16	16	14	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
	17	17	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
	18	18	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
	19	19	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
	20	20	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11