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Mmmkay- thanks y'all ^^ I think what threw me for a loop was that the core book, while it did say to add +1 to APL for parties larger than six, didn't present that as a repeating formula to continue with beyond that (No matter how unlikely a larger party would be X3 )- so I wasn't 100% certain how the match was supposed to go.

So for three 1st level character's their APL would be 1 and three CR 1 enemies would be a CR 4 encounter, where as a single CR 1 enemy would be an average encounter for the party.

So 1 CR 1 enemy would be adequate for three players- is that about the standard? Because, the Average party level for a party of ten first level players would still be 1... ...but I'd assume that fighting ONE CR 1 enemy is a lot easier for ten people than it is for three.

So, if I had a ten (or nine) party group, would I have them fight three CR 1 enemies in that case?

Basically I suppose I'm wondering what starfinder would consider an 'average' party size, if matching APL to CR exactly gives a balanced challenge.

Gonna be DM'ing my first game of starfinder soon, and I'm a touch confused about how CR works.

the rules say average party level = the CR (with a +1 or -1 for under 4 or over 6) but, 5 players at level 1 are the same APL as 10 players at level 1; which would of course be a drastic difference in how challenging they found an encounter.

Is the intention that 1 player is equivalent to one creature of a CR that matches their level? That is to say, if I have three players at level 1, should I have them fight three CR 1 creatures?