<h2>LEVELS AND RANKS</h2>
<p>
  Use levels and ranks as "sliders" to adjust the challenge posed by a battle.
</p>
<p>
  Example: When designing a battle involving three level 10 Player Characters,
  two level 10 soldiers would make for an extremely easy encounter, while a
  level 20 champion replacing four soldiers would be feasible but particularly
  challenging. Anything between those two extremes would be fair game — with a
  battle against three level 15 soldiers being the most “average” option.
</p>
<h2>IDEAL LENGTH</h2>
<p>
  In Fabula Ultima, a conflict should ideally last three to four rounds. Keep
  this in mind when you design your battles.
</p>
<p>
  If you want to think in terms of damage, this means that on average, a
  successful enemy attack should do damage equal to one third of an average
  Player Character's Hit Points. Similarly, a PC's average attack should do
  damage equal to one third of an average soldier-rank enemy's Hit Points.
</p>
<h2>DAMAGE TYPES</h2>
<p>
  When designing a battle, consider what types of damage the group has access
  to:
</p>
<ul>
  <li>Combine adversaries with different Vulnerabilities and Resistances.</li>
  <li>
    Grant powerful adversaries the ability to alter their Vulnerabilities and
    Resistances.
  </li>
  <li>
    If a creature has a Vulnerability that two or more characters in the group
    can exploit, balance this out by enhancing their Defense, Magic Defense, or
    Hit Points.
  </li>
  <li>
    If a creature has a large amount of Hit Points (as champions often do), give
    them at least one Vulnerability that the party can use to their advantage.
  </li>
</ul>
<p>
  Make it so that Player Characters cannot simply apply the same highest-damage
  option over and over during battles — that can get boring fast.
</p>