Monster Manual 3 New Math?
look up the jul DMG update at the WotC site.
here: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/UpdateJuly2010.pdf
here: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/UpdateJuly2010.pdf
On average, monsters do around level + 8 damage now, with brutes doing a little more and limited attacks doing a little more again. This damage increase really comes into play at paragon and epic tier, so you can leave heroic monsters alone.
There are two options for older monsters:
A) Use the new damage chart and change expressions as you like.
B) Double the static damage normal creatures do and triple the static damage that a brute does.
EG: A level 12 creature that does 2d6+3 damage, now does 2d6+6 damage.
A level 12 brute that does 2d6+3 damage, now does 2d6+9 damage.
The double/triple method is the easiest one in practice and actually comes off pretty well for monster creatures. For a more swingy effect, you can also add 1 or 2 dice onto the attack. The above example would be 3d6+3 and 4d6+3 for a brute.
For the old monster damage, the average damage from the "normal damage expression" table on page 185 of the 4E DMG1, follows approximately:
low damage: 6 + level*5/12
medium damage: 8 + level*7/15
high damage: 10 + level*3/5.
For the new monster damage table from the 4E DMG1 errata for page 185, the average damage follow approximately:
single target: 8 + level
two or more targets: 6 + level*3/4.
low damage: 6 + level*5/12
medium damage: 8 + level*7/15
high damage: 10 + level*3/5.
For the new monster damage table from the 4E DMG1 errata for page 185, the average damage follow approximately:
single target: 8 + level
two or more targets: 6 + level*3/4.
Rex Blunder
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UngeheuerLich
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Monster builder still uses old math... a little bit annoying... and time consuming.
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