Help determine the difficulty of combat encounters using this benchmark method. Modeled after Sly Flourish's Lazy DM Prep.
A Deadly Encounter Benchmark is a guideline that helps determine an encounter's difficulty.
An encounter may be deadly if the total of all the monsters' challenge ratings is greater than one quarter of the total of all the characters' levels, or one half of the characters' levels if the characters are 5th level or higher.
If friendly NPCs join the encounter, their CR values are added to the Deadly Encounter Benchmark.
Once installed and actived, a Deadly Encounter Benchmark button will appear under the Token Controls menu. Click to activate.