

says this is 9600 XP (over the 7600 Hard threshold but not up to the 11,200 Deadly threshold). If anything, this is using too large a multiplier, because it's not a Hard fight.ĬR 1/4, 12 per PC, so 48 goblins. says this is 4800 XP (right on the 4800 threshold for Medium).

Let's pick level 10 PCs arbitrarily (because I'm not going to analyze every single level just for an Internet post), and look at various numbers of monsters and what implied multiplier there is for each.ĬR 1/8, 12 per PC, so 48 giant rats. Checking lots of levels doesn't tell you anything.

If you're trying to see whether the UA encounter guidelines incorporate multipliers for increasing numbers of monsters, you have to, you know, examine increasing numbers of monsters.
