DM tool

Encounter calculator

Rate a fight for your party. The 2024 rules spend an XP budget; the 2014 rules multiply monster XP and compare it to thresholds. Your party and monsters are kept on this device.

Party

Character 1 level
Character 2 level
Character 3 level
Character 4 level

Monsters

Monster 1

2024 rules

XP budget per character, no multiplier

Low

Monster XP: 200 XP
Low budget (this encounter): 200 XP
Moderate budget: 300 XP
High budget: 400 XP

The encounter is the lowest difficulty whose budget its XP fits within. Source: SRD 5.2.1.