CR of Modified Monster

[doktorstick]

A standard monster is about 14-15 pts. in point buy. If you jack him up to 32 pts., does this change the CR? What's a good rule of thumb?

/ds

 

[Anders]

What I would do.

Depending on the particular monster's initial CR:

Initial CR <19 = new CR +2
Initial CR >19 = new CR +1

But that's just my DMGing.

 

[S'mon]

Re: What I would do.

Depending on the particular monster's initial CR:

Initial CR <19 = new CR +2
Initial CR >19 = new CR +1

But that's just my DMGing.

Being 'elite' (max hp on 1st die, approx 25 pts instead of 15) seems to be worth about +1 CR, but then again a 10th level elite Fighter is only supposed to be 1 CR higher than an average 10th level Warrior...
+2 CR implies that the 'elite' monster is as good as 2 normal monsters, which 32 pt buy will probably not achieve - I'd say +1 CR is usually enough.

 

[Lord Ben]

If PC's are 24 and you put the NPC's at 32 it might be worth something. If you're at 32 and you put the NPC's at 25 it's not worth anything either.