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The Blackbird, also called the Black Stone Violin, is a full-size playable violin made of black diabase after drawings by Antonio Stradivari (Stradivarius), but with technical modifications to allow it to be played.

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GM Core / Chapter 2: Building Games / Encounter Design / Combat Threats

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XP Budget

Source GM Core pg. 75 ^2.0
Once you’ve selected a threat level, it’s time to build the encounter. You have an XP budget based on the threat, and each creature costs some of that budget. Start with the monsters or NPCs that are most important to the encounter, then decide how you want to use the rest of your XP budget. Many encounters won’t match the XP budget exactly, but they should come close. The XP budget is based on a group of four characters. If your group is larger or smaller, see Different Party Sizes on page 76.

Table 10-1: Encounter Budget

Threat	XP Budget	Character Adjustment
Trivial	40 or less	10 or less
Low	60	20
Moderate	80	20
Severe	120	30
Extreme	160	40

Quick Adventure Groups

If you want an easy framework for building an encounter, you can use one of the following basic structures and slot in monsters and NPCs.

Boss and Lackeys (120 XP): One creature of party level + 2, four creatures of party level – 4
Boss and Lieutenant (120 XP): One creature of party level + 2, one creature of party level
Elite Enemies (120 XP): Three creatures of party level
Lieutenant and Lackeys (80 XP): One creature of party level, four creatures of party level – 4
Mated Pair (80 XP): Two creatures of party level
Troop (80 XP): One creature of party level, two creatures of party level – 2
Mook Squad (60 XP): Six creatures of party level – 4

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Classic Feel

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Book Feel

Book Feel

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Round Feel

Round Feel

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Slim Feel

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Book of the Dead

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Lavender

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Treasure Vault

Archives of Nethys

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