Recent content by Couatl

OK, I dropped the Dex to 15 which reduces the to-hit and average damage by 1 (keeping the AC at 13 with natural armor). Is it solidly CR 1/4 now? I also changed the name of the claw jump ability, as Redthistle suggested. Well, I'm wondering about the lethal blur ability + high speed. It gets...

Yeah, there's an old GURPS book that suggests creating alien creatures by taking the stats for a regular animal and describing it differently... I think the example is using saber-toothed tiger stats for giant predatory purple lizards, or something.

Yeah, I did that. The stats are very similar to (and based off of) the wolf at CR 1/4. We did do an experimental fight. The velociraptors did more damage than I expected, but that's probably largely because I rolled well. So I was undecided between 1/4 and 1/2. A very good point. Will do...

I noticed a distinct lack of 'raptors in the 5E MM. Here are two, one 'realistic' and one Jurassic Park-style. I'm uncertain as to the CRs on these. I'm confused, because the DMG guidelines on page 273 and on don't seem to line up with the monsters in the MM, especially in terms of number of...