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<blockquote data-quote="dave2008" data-source="post: 8087684" data-attributes="member: 83242"><p>This is a tricky one. The issue is the CR of the beholder is wack. The MM beholder really should be higher than 13. I can only assume the reason it is not is because of the random rays. Once I decide to give the eye tyrant ray choice, it became insanely strong. With the caveat that I was using the spell level equivalent to determine the DPR of a non-damage spell such as the petrifying ray (flesh to stone). </p><p></p><p>Using this metric, I get 191 DPR for the eye tyrant and and 220 DPR for the hive mother + bite attack. On top of that, the hive mother has more HP and limited magic immunity. To be honest, the eye tyrant should also be CR 16 per my calculation, but lowered because the MM beholder CR is so much lower than my calculation as well. If it seems better I can make the eye tyrant CR 16, then it is not such a big gap between the too?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dave2008, post: 8087684, member: 83242"] This is a tricky one. The issue is the CR of the beholder is wack. The MM beholder really should be higher than 13. I can only assume the reason it is not is because of the random rays. Once I decide to give the eye tyrant ray choice, it became insanely strong. With the caveat that I was using the spell level equivalent to determine the DPR of a non-damage spell such as the petrifying ray (flesh to stone). Using this metric, I get 191 DPR for the eye tyrant and and 220 DPR for the hive mother + bite attack. On top of that, the hive mother has more HP and limited magic immunity. To be honest, the eye tyrant should also be CR 16 per my calculation, but lowered because the MM beholder CR is so much lower than my calculation as well. If it seems better I can make the eye tyrant CR 16, then it is not such a big gap between the too? [/QUOTE]
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