i am not sure what the starfinder beginner box mini dungeon player cap is....

[ghostunderasheet]

I am planing on running a couple friends throught it but i am thinking it will be too easy. Could i just double the goblins and double the health for some of the solo monsters and npc that they might murder so i can double their exp? Cr 1/3 means a lvl one pc could take out 3 gobos in solo combat right?

[Cellion]

CR 1/3 means that three goblins is a CR1 encounter. A CR1 encounter is a run-of-the-mill or relatively easy encounter for 4 player characters at 1st level. But for a single 1st level character, a CR1 encounter is supposed to be an "even match", ie. there's a 50/50 chance for whether the goblins or the 1st level player character would come out alive.

If I recall correctly, the encounters in the beginner box are designed for a 4 person group, but it's tuned to be a bit on the easier side so a smaller group can still tackle it. With two player characters, I expect it'll be quite challenging using the encounters as written.

[Metaphysician]

Cellion wrote:

CR 1/3 means that three goblins is a CR1 encounter. A CR1 encounter is a run-of-the-mill or relatively easy encounter for 4 player characters at 1st level. But for a single 1st level character, a CR1 encounter is supposed to be an "even match", ie. there's a 50/50 chance for whether the goblins or the 1st level player character would come out alive.

If I recall correctly, the encounters in the beginner box are designed for a 4 person group, but it's tuned to be a bit on the easier side so a smaller group can still tackle it. With two player characters, I expect it'll be quite challenging using the encounters as written.

This. Its *really* important to read the Challenge Rating rules in Starfinder, because they do *not* follow the same difficulty curve as Pathfinder.

[ghostunderasheet]

Metaphysician wrote:

Cellion wrote:

CR 1/3 means that three goblins is a CR1 encounter. A CR1 encounter is a run-of-the-mill or relatively easy encounter for 4 player characters at 1st level. But for a single 1st level character, a CR1 encounter is supposed to be an "even match", ie. there's a 50/50 chance for whether the goblins or the 1st level player character would come out alive.

If I recall correctly, the encounters in the beginner box are designed for a 4 person group, but it's tuned to be a bit on the easier side so a smaller group can still tackle it. With two player characters, I expect it'll be quite challenging using the encounters as written.

This. Its *really* important to read the Challenge Rating rules in Starfinder, because they do *not* follow the same difficulty curve as Pathfinder.

Seems the same to me. But i could be wrong.

[Metaphysician]

ghostunderasheet wrote:

Metaphysician wrote:

Cellion wrote:

CR 1/3 means that three goblins is a CR1 encounter. A CR1 encounter is a run-of-the-mill or relatively easy encounter for 4 player characters at 1st level. But for a single 1st level character, a CR1 encounter is supposed to be an "even match", ie. there's a 50/50 chance for whether the goblins or the 1st level player character would come out alive.

If I recall correctly, the encounters in the beginner box are designed for a 4 person group, but it's tuned to be a bit on the easier side so a smaller group can still tackle it. With two player characters, I expect it'll be quite challenging using the encounters as written.

This. Its *really* important to read the Challenge Rating rules in Starfinder, because they do *not* follow the same difficulty curve as Pathfinder.

Seems the same to me. But i could be wrong.

Even in Pathfinder, a CR 1 fight is supposed to be a balanced fight for a level 1 *party*, not a single level 1 *character*. However, that pales in importance to the fact that, unlike in Pathfinder, Starfinder *means it*. In Pathfinder, you might be able to get away with beating up APL +4 encounters due to the various poor balance decisions and broken character build options. In Starfinder, they fixed that stuff largely.

So, again: *do not apply established wisdom from Pathfinder*. The Pathfinder established wisdom will tell you that a "properly" built party can beat opponents many CRs above their level. In Starfinder, there is *no* such "proper build".

[ghostunderasheet]

I have decided to use my survivor npc as target npc to run alongside my friends with the intent of her being focused on and or targeted. Adding a body for the monsters to possably hit instead of the pcs. I am planning on running two groups though this lil module one with one guy in it and the main group with two poeple in it.