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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 3734121" data-attributes="member: 710">It will only become an awkward mess if the rules for designing monsters are not internally consistent. Even in 3rd editions, there are still some considerable differences between monster creation and character creation. Character classes do not map 1:1 to monster types. They are also absolutely not balanced against each other (compare Fey HD to Undead HD to Dragon HD.). Ability score generation is based on some rough guidelines (since 3.x, not before) (there are only rules how to change them when advancing/resizing a monster).None of these differences make it anyway easier to create or advance monsters compared to creating or advancing PCs. You still have to distribute feats and skill points. Determining the CR is guesswork. If you want to create your own monster with spell-like abilities, the guidelines leave you entirely alone, and you can only hope that your experience with PC creation (and balance) will port over to monster creation (I know for certain that some adventure designers didn't even get so far...)</blockquote>