Threat Budget by Party Level and Size

Encounter XP budget per party level (1-20) and party size (2-6).

The party's threat budget is the total adjusted XP the GM can spend on creatures for one encounter at a given difficulty. Read the row for the party's average level, then multiply by the party-size column. The result is the Standard-difficulty budget. Apply difficulty thresholds from Encounter Building Guidelines (Easy x0.5, Standard x1.0, Hard x1.5, Deadly x2.0).

Formula: budget = baseBudget(level) * (partySize / 4)

The base budget at each level is derived from the XP-to-next-level curve (class-based tables), divided by encounters-per-day (5 standard), multiplied by a level-scaling factor that accounts for HP/AC/power progression outpacing creature damage at higher levels.

Rules Reference

Field	Value
Data / 1 / Budget Base	300
Data / 1 / Party Level	1
Data / 1 / Size2	150
Data / 1 / Size3	225
Data / 1 / Size4	300
Data / 1 / Size5	375
Data / 1 / Size6	450
Data / 10 / Budget Base	7000
Data / 10 / Party Level	10
Data / 10 / Size2	3500
Data / 10 / Size3	5250
Data / 10 / Size4	7000
Data / 10 / Size5	8750
Data / 10 / Size6	10500
Data / 11 / Budget Base	8500
Data / 11 / Party Level	11
Data / 11 / Size2	4250
Data / 11 / Size3	6375
Data / 11 / Size4	8500
Data / 11 / Size5	10625
Data / 11 / Size6	12750
Data / 12 / Budget Base	10000
Data / 12 / Party Level	12
Data / 12 / Size2	5000
Data / 12 / Size3	7500
Data / 12 / Size4	10000
Data / 12 / Size5	12500
Data / 12 / Size6	15000
Data / 13 / Budget Base	12000
Data / 13 / Party Level	13
Data / 13 / Size2	6000
Data / 13 / Size3	9000
Data / 13 / Size4	12000
Data / 13 / Size5	15000
Data / 13 / Size6	18000
Data / 14 / Budget Base	14500
Data / 14 / Party Level	14
Data / 14 / Size2	7250
Data / 14 / Size3	10875
Data / 14 / Size4	14500
Data / 14 / Size5	18125
Data / 14 / Size6	21750
Data / 15 / Budget Base	17000
Data / 15 / Party Level	15
Data / 15 / Size2	8500
Data / 15 / Size3	12750
Data / 15 / Size4	17000
Data / 15 / Size5	21250
Data / 15 / Size6	25500
Data / 16 / Budget Base	20000
Data / 16 / Party Level	16
Data / 16 / Size2	10000
Data / 16 / Size3	15000
Data / 16 / Size4	20000
Data / 16 / Size5	25000
Data / 16 / Size6	30000
Data / 17 / Budget Base	23000
Data / 17 / Party Level	17
Data / 17 / Size2	11500
Data / 17 / Size3	17250
Data / 17 / Size4	23000
Data / 17 / Size5	28750
Data / 17 / Size6	34500
Data / 18 / Budget Base	27000
Data / 18 / Party Level	18
Data / 18 / Size2	13500
Data / 18 / Size3	20250
Data / 18 / Size4	27000
Data / 18 / Size5	33750
Data / 18 / Size6	40500
Data / 19 / Budget Base	31000
Data / 19 / Party Level	19
Data / 19 / Size2	15500
Data / 19 / Size3	23250
Data / 19 / Size4	31000
Data / 19 / Size5	38750
Data / 19 / Size6	46500
Data / 2 / Budget Base	500
Data / 2 / Party Level	2
Data / 2 / Size2	250
Data / 2 / Size3	375
Data / 2 / Size4	500
Data / 2 / Size5	625
Data / 2 / Size6	750
Data / 20 / Budget Base	36000
Data / 20 / Party Level	20
Data / 20 / Size2	18000
Data / 20 / Size3	27000
Data / 20 / Size4	36000
Data / 20 / Size5	45000
Data / 20 / Size6	54000
Data / 3 / Budget Base	750
Data / 3 / Party Level	3
Data / 3 / Size2	375
Data / 3 / Size3	560
Data / 3 / Size4	750
Data / 3 / Size5	940
Data / 3 / Size6	1125
Data / 4 / Budget Base	1100
Data / 4 / Party Level	4
Data / 4 / Size2	550
Data / 4 / Size3	825
Data / 4 / Size4	1100
Data / 4 / Size5	1375
Data / 4 / Size6	1650
Data / 5 / Budget Base	1800
Data / 5 / Party Level	5
Data / 5 / Size2	900
Data / 5 / Size3	1350
Data / 5 / Size4	1800
Data / 5 / Size5	2250
Data / 5 / Size6	2700
Data / 6 / Budget Base	2400
Data / 6 / Party Level	6
Data / 6 / Size2	1200
Data / 6 / Size3	1800
Data / 6 / Size4	2400
Data / 6 / Size5	3000
Data / 6 / Size6	3600
Data / 7 / Budget Base	3200
Data / 7 / Party Level	7
Data / 7 / Size2	1600
Data / 7 / Size3	2400
Data / 7 / Size4	3200
Data / 7 / Size5	4000
Data / 7 / Size6	4800
Data / 8 / Budget Base	4200
Data / 8 / Party Level	8
Data / 8 / Size2	2100
Data / 8 / Size3	3150
Data / 8 / Size4	4200
Data / 8 / Size5	5250
Data / 8 / Size6	6300
Data / 9 / Budget Base	5400
Data / 9 / Party Level	9
Data / 9 / Size2	2700
Data / 9 / Size3	4050
Data / 9 / Size4	5400
Data / 9 / Size5	6750
Data / 9 / Size6	8100

Columns

partyLevel

Field	Value
label	Party Level
name	partyLevel

budgetBase

Field	Value
label	Base Budget (4 PCs, Standard)
name	budgetBase

size2

Field	Value
label	2 PCs
name	size2

size3

Field	Value
label	3 PCs
name	size3

size4

Field	Value
label	4 PCs
name	size4

size5

Field	Value
label	5 PCs
name	size5

size6

Field	Value
label	6 PCs
name	size6