Mike Shea

So with just those four little equations, you can build pretty much any monster at any challenge rating, and it will be pretty close to the kind of monsters that you would see in the D&D 2024 Monster Manual, but also pretty close to the monsters that you would see in any version of 5e. This one really hasn't changed. I think I put this out originally in the Lazy DM's workbook many years ago.

So with just those four little equations, you can build pretty much any monster at any challenge rating, and it will be pretty close to the kind of monsters that you would see in the D&D 2024 Monster Manual, but also pretty close to the monsters that you would see in any version of 5e. This one really hasn't changed. I think I put this out originally in the Lazy DM's workbook many years ago.

So with just those four little equations, you can build pretty much any monster at any challenge rating, and it will be pretty close to the kind of monsters that you would see in the D&D 2024 Monster Manual, but also pretty close to the monsters that you would see in any version of 5e. This one really hasn't changed. I think I put this out originally in the Lazy DM's workbook many years ago.

And it really, the only change that I'm adding here is the old one had three plus one half challenge rating for attack bonus. And I have upped that to four. So I added one bonus because A, that fits Paul's better. But also I think that given how characters got a little bit more powerful, giving a slightly higher edge on attack bonus.

And it really, the only change that I'm adding here is the old one had three plus one half challenge rating for attack bonus. And I have upped that to four. So I added one bonus because A, that fits Paul's better. But also I think that given how characters got a little bit more powerful, giving a slightly higher edge on attack bonus.

And it really, the only change that I'm adding here is the old one had three plus one half challenge rating for attack bonus. And I have upped that to four. So I added one bonus because A, that fits Paul's better. But also I think that given how characters got a little bit more powerful, giving a slightly higher edge on attack bonus.

What this doesn't do very well is it doesn't really help you build monsters below challenge rating one. So it doesn't really help you build monsters below challenge rating one. And for that, you really need a table because CR one eights and one quarters and one halves. Mostly they're just like their armor class should be pretty low. Their attack bonus should be like plus three or plus four.

What this doesn't do very well is it doesn't really help you build monsters below challenge rating one. So it doesn't really help you build monsters below challenge rating one. And for that, you really need a table because CR one eights and one quarters and one halves. Mostly they're just like their armor class should be pretty low. Their attack bonus should be like plus three or plus four.

What this doesn't do very well is it doesn't really help you build monsters below challenge rating one. So it doesn't really help you build monsters below challenge rating one. And for that, you really need a table because CR one eights and one quarters and one halves. Mostly they're just like their armor class should be pretty low. Their attack bonus should be like plus three or plus four.

They should do like three or four points of damage and their hit points should be low because they fall over dead quickly. So. That, you know, it's harder to come up with an equation that works well below CR1. But from CR1 to CR30, I think this equation works just fine. I think Paul's equation works fine too. Paul's actually does help you build monsters from CR0 all the way to 30.

They should do like three or four points of damage and their hit points should be low because they fall over dead quickly. So. That, you know, it's harder to come up with an equation that works well below CR1. But from CR1 to CR30, I think this equation works just fine. I think Paul's equation works fine too. Paul's actually does help you build monsters from CR0 all the way to 30.

They should do like three or four points of damage and their hit points should be low because they fall over dead quickly. So. That, you know, it's harder to come up with an equation that works well below CR1. But from CR1 to CR30, I think this equation works just fine. I think Paul's equation works fine too. Paul's actually does help you build monsters from CR0 all the way to 30.

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And having a business card is really easy. So you can print that business card, you can put it in your work. And if you're a publisher, you can actually use that in your published works. What is challenge rating? What does challenge rating actually mean?

And having a business card is really easy. So you can print that business card, you can put it in your work. And if you're a publisher, you can actually use that in your published works. What is challenge rating? What does challenge rating actually mean?

Today, we're going to do a deep dive talking about challenge rating, what it does, what it means, why it's important, and just trying to understand it a little bit better and what we can do with challenge rating. So every monster in fifth edition 5e monster has a challenge rating. We now have multiple versions of 5e, Tales of the Valiant, Level Up Advanced 5e, D&D 2014, D&D 2024, and others.

Today, we're going to do a deep dive talking about challenge rating, what it does, what it means, why it's important, and just trying to understand it a little bit better and what we can do with challenge rating. So every monster in fifth edition 5e monster has a challenge rating. We now have multiple versions of 5e, Tales of the Valiant, Level Up Advanced 5e, D&D 2014, D&D 2024, and others.

Today, we're going to do a deep dive talking about challenge rating, what it does, what it means, why it's important, and just trying to understand it a little bit better and what we can do with challenge rating. So every monster in fifth edition 5e monster has a challenge rating. We now have multiple versions of 5e, Tales of the Valiant, Level Up Advanced 5e, D&D 2014, D&D 2024, and others.

And there are many compatible 5e monster books, and all of them have challenge rating as a way of ranking monster difficulty. So what is challenge rating? I took a look at the new description of challenge rating in the glossary of the 2024 player's handbook, which states challenge rating CR summarizes the threat a monster poses to a group of four player characters.

And there are many compatible 5e monster books, and all of them have challenge rating as a way of ranking monster difficulty. So what is challenge rating? I took a look at the new description of challenge rating in the glossary of the 2024 player's handbook, which states challenge rating CR summarizes the threat a monster poses to a group of four player characters.