4th edition Dungeons & Dragons had a standard party size of 5 players. I can't seem to find an equivalent definition of what the standard party size is in 5th edition. The tables in the DMG mention adjusting encounters if there are less than 4 or more than 5 players, but doesn't seem to make a difference between 4 and 5.
Is there anything in the rules, errata, or sage advice defining what the standard party size in 5th edition is? Are the official adventures designed for 4 or 5 characters?
Best Answer
As you're aware, the DMG's guidelines for building encounters are designed for parties of three to five characters:
Many of the published adventures contain recommendations:
Tales from the Yawning Portal contains seven separate adventures, and two of them include recommendations:
Princes of the Apocalypse and Out of the Abyss do not appear to contain any such recommendation. From the recommendations provided, it would be reasonable to conclude that, while there is no single number of characters that makes up a "standard" party, parties are generally, just as in the DMG, four or five characters.