keterys
First Post
Hopefully folks can help me out a little bit. I've been taking a serious look at the Monster Manual monsters to try and figure out which monsters are... problematic. I've created a spreadsheet and put in expected damage for a monster over a fight and judged it against an ideal couple of surges spent per monster.
So, here's a first pass at identifying monsters whose damage is either too low or too high. I haven't tweaked the formula excessively to account for survivability or annoyance - that'll come later, but I do have a list of 12 low and 16 high damage monsters from levels 1-5 in the monster manual. So, long story still long, which of the following creatures do you feel are misplaced on this list?
LOW
Dire Rat
Gray Wolf
Human Bandit
Skeleton
Greenscale Hunter
Magma Claw
Phantom Warrior
Bugbear Warrior
Ettercap Webspinner
Greenscale Darter
Slaad Tadpole
Tangler Beetle
HIGH
Fire Beetle
Halfling Slinger
Stormclaw Scorpion
Elf Archer
Elf Scout
Needlefang Drake Swarm
Rat Swarm
Ochre Jelly
Hobgoblin Warcaster
Kruthik Adult
Specter
Blazing Skeleton
Boneshard Skeleton
Fire Bat
Orc Eye of Gruumsh
Vine Horror
In some cases, the problem is a little more obvious. The Slaad Tadpole is atrociously low damage, while the Needlefang Drake Swarm is intensely high. The Human Bandit and Ochre Jelly would be much smaller changes.
So, here's a first pass at identifying monsters whose damage is either too low or too high. I haven't tweaked the formula excessively to account for survivability or annoyance - that'll come later, but I do have a list of 12 low and 16 high damage monsters from levels 1-5 in the monster manual. So, long story still long, which of the following creatures do you feel are misplaced on this list?
LOW
Dire Rat
Gray Wolf
Human Bandit
Skeleton
Greenscale Hunter
Magma Claw
Phantom Warrior
Bugbear Warrior
Ettercap Webspinner
Greenscale Darter
Slaad Tadpole
Tangler Beetle
HIGH
Fire Beetle
Halfling Slinger
Stormclaw Scorpion
Elf Archer
Elf Scout
Needlefang Drake Swarm
Rat Swarm
Ochre Jelly
Hobgoblin Warcaster
Kruthik Adult
Specter
Blazing Skeleton
Boneshard Skeleton
Fire Bat
Orc Eye of Gruumsh
Vine Horror
In some cases, the problem is a little more obvious. The Slaad Tadpole is atrociously low damage, while the Needlefang Drake Swarm is intensely high. The Human Bandit and Ochre Jelly would be much smaller changes.
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