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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8868926" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>I wouldn't give them immunity to psychic damage. A <strong><a href="https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/ooze-gelatinous-cube" target="_blank">Gelatinous Cube</a></strong> is mindless but that doesn't have psychic damage immunity in 5E. None of the standard SRD Oozes do.</p><p></p><p>For that matter, I wouldn't make them Constructs and give them most of those other Immunities. Currently leaning towards Monstrosity rather than Humanoid despite their appearance. I like the idea of them being more monstrous in nature than they appear, like a Gladiator Lizard.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Challenge</strong> 4 is too high.</p><p></p><p>You've set the CR Calculator's <strong>Resistance/Immunities</strong> flag to Immunities despite it only having one damage immunity and a standard construct's <strong>Condition Immunities</strong>.</p><p></p><p>A monster ought only be at Immunities if it has a broad pile of damage immunities or every Condition Immunity under the sun.</p><p></p><p>Consider the <strong><a href="https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/shield-guardian" target="_blank">Shield Guardian</a></strong>, which has one damage immunity plus construct condition immunities like that Dragon Warrior draft AND it has regeneration, spell storing, and a Shield Reaction.</p><p></p><p>With immunities the CR Calculator says it'd be CR 10, but what is it's CR in the <em>Monster Manual</em> and SRD? Challenge 7! That's halfway between its "Resistances flag on" result of CR 8 and the CR 6 it would be with No Resistances/Immunities set.</p><p></p><p>If you were to use that approach with the Dragon Warrior you've presented it'd come out to Challenge 3 or so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8868926, member: 57383"] I wouldn't give them immunity to psychic damage. A [b][URL='https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/ooze-gelatinous-cube']Gelatinous Cube[/URL][/b] is mindless but that doesn't have psychic damage immunity in 5E. None of the standard SRD Oozes do. For that matter, I wouldn't make them Constructs and give them most of those other Immunities. Currently leaning towards Monstrosity rather than Humanoid despite their appearance. I like the idea of them being more monstrous in nature than they appear, like a Gladiator Lizard. [B]Challenge[/B] 4 is too high. You've set the CR Calculator's [B]Resistance/Immunities[/B] flag to Immunities despite it only having one damage immunity and a standard construct's [B]Condition Immunities[/B]. A monster ought only be at Immunities if it has a broad pile of damage immunities or every Condition Immunity under the sun. Consider the [b][URL='https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/shield-guardian']Shield Guardian[/URL][/b], which has one damage immunity plus construct condition immunities like that Dragon Warrior draft AND it has regeneration, spell storing, and a Shield Reaction. With immunities the CR Calculator says it'd be CR 10, but what is it's CR in the [I]Monster Manual[/I] and SRD? Challenge 7! That's halfway between its "Resistances flag on" result of CR 8 and the CR 6 it would be with No Resistances/Immunities set. If you were to use that approach with the Dragon Warrior you've presented it'd come out to Challenge 3 or so. [/QUOTE]
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