The world does not change it's DCs based on the characters who face it. The world is a dynamic place and the characters are just living there. Note, we're not setting the trap based on the level of the characters. For this example, let's say this icebolt trap has a DC of 14 to detect and disarm. How tough was the wizard who planted the trap? Was he an apprentice or an archmage? Choose a number between 10 and 20 to determine the difficulty of finding and disarming the trap.

Say you've decided a particular room has an icebolt trap in it. If you happen to improvise a trap or an effect of some sort, or the characters start attacking a stone statue, you can use this range to set the AC of the statue or the DC of the trap's saving throw. This number also works for an improvised armor class and saving throw DCs if needed. A 20 is considered nearly impossible for most common folk. A 10 is considered relatively easy yet still challenging enough to warrant a roll. The harder the challenge, the higher the number. When a situation comes up requiring a difficulty check, choose a number between 10 (easy) and 20 (hard) as the target. About one quarter of the horde succeed on attacks or saving throws adjust up or down depending on the situation.Дifficulty Check, Armor Class, Saving Throw DC: 10 to 20 An encounter may be deadly if the sum total of monster challenge ratings is greater than half the sum total of character levels, or one quarter if the characters are below 5th level. Deadly Encounter Benchmark: 1/2 or 1/4 of total character levels.Multi-target Damage: 3 (1d6) per challenge level.Single Target Damage: 5 (1d10) per challenge level.Attack Bonuses, Trained Skills, Primary Saves: +3 (easy) to +12 (hard).DC, AC, Saving Throw DC: 10 (easy) to 20 (hard).Here's a summary of D&D numbers you can keep in your head: The world does not conform to the level of the characters.ДЇor more tools like these, check out the Lazy DM's Workbook. This challenge rating is based on the situation, however, not the actual level of the characters in the game. This challenge rating is roughly equivalant to the average character level of a group of adventures between 1 (1st level characters) and 20 (20th level characters). Most of these numbers are based on a challenge rating for the sitiuation. These numbers help you create challenges, traps, encounters, environmental effects, and horde battles without needing to look anything up in a complicated chart. You can, of course, write them out on a 3x5 card or sticky note and paste it in the inside of your DM screen as well. These numbers are designed to be simple and straight forward enough to keep in your head. The following tools are intended to make it easier to improvise situations in your D&D games. Note: This article has been updated since the original written in February 2015. New to Sly Flourish? Start Here! D&D 5e Numbers to Keep In Your Head

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