monster level higher than 5

[Drakkan]

these days almost nobody is interested to dance around 6 twigroots which are dealing insane damage and have much more hp than regular. just my oppinion.

[FeMaiden]

using the test party at character level 3, which is what i predict the player might be when the get here, wielding nothing but a dagger and a cudgel and the mage casting fire. with no armor on anyone (keep in mind, there's enough stuff laying about that the player will be better equipped by this time.), I beat them quite easily, only losing about half our health..and the test party seems ridiculously underpowered compared to what I usually make...

You need to keep in mind that Twigroots are weak to fire. Even with 6 of them any party with a fire caster has an advantage. Now not everybody picks fire at the start or a caster at all which changes the difficulty of such a battle.

i'll test it again later and i'll try not to use fire on them lol
now..this twigroot battle, i felt like the challenge was just right at monster level 3 but that was with fire.
I never intended to set 99% of my monsters above 2 or 3. it was just one battle I wanted to make an uber turtle like level 10, but i suppose that would be obnoxious anyway...it was meant to be a secret "joke" boss.