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But, see, all of this? These are observations the average player isn’t going to pick up on. The fact that you can identify which saves...
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They account for defenses. It’s just that they have to make some baseline assumptions, and the assumptions they make tend to try to...
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Following the 2014 rules, the 2024 assassin would be CR 8 (defensive CR 3, offensive CR 14, average CR 8.5) assuming no adjustments to...
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Unfortunately until someone fully cracks the code to reverse engineer the actual formula the official 5.0e challenge rating calculator...
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Most likely the reason they didn’t give us the actual formula is that it’s more complex than the average reader would be able to...
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Figured I would chime in because I looked at this with my dataset a while back. Comparing 2024 monster HP with their 2024 counterparts...
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@tomedunn quick question. I think we've both been using the assumption that AC 13 and +3 attack bonus should be the baseline (in my...
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In my XP calculations I've generally used (AB + AC - 15) which comes from a base AC of 12 and a base AB of +3. These seem to fit the XP...
Jan 7, 2026
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I don't have anything specific but I wrote a post a while back on Valuing Conditions that goes through the math on how that can be done...
Dec 9, 2025
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That's a lot of information in that! I was initially valuing the effects of conditions based on methods very similar to what I saw on...
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I'm gathering my notes together for a talk with Morrus tomorrow and for a segment on my Lazy RPG Talk Show digging into the two new...
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Looks like we both ended up reversing our interpretations, lol! I have a few thoughts. First thought is that I'm not ready to abandon...
Nov 14, 2025
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There's a lot to take in here, so forgive me if I miss something. The values I'm feeding into my calculations are always the adjusted...
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