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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tormyr" data-source="post: 6549755" data-attributes="member: 6776887">The CR Guidelines are just that: guidelines.  They require some analysis when going off what is normal to design a monster.A couple things in your list are not free and would make it impossible to have a CR1/4 monster:*Each use of Legendary Resistance is worth 10 effective hp for a CR1/4 monster. 50 uses would be worth 500 effective hp. A monster that had no attack bonus, DPR or AC would still have a minimum CR of 8 at that point.*Nothing to my knowledge has immunity or resistance to magic weapons or that many immunities. The high number of immunities would increase the monsters effective hp.*Giving a monster all 24s for ability scores effectively gives it 6 saving throw bonuses, adding 4 to effective AC and 1 to the overall CR.*The DPR range for a CR 1/4 monster is 4-5 instead of 8.The only "free" things in this list are teleportation, condition immunity, and movement. No CR 1/4 creature is going to be able to kill a frost giant with ease without some interesting shenanigans going on.I have made dozens of monsters as part of my Age of Worms conversion.  The encounters generally run exactly at the difficulty level I set for them. So the guidelines seem to work pretty well from my perspective. Last night I made a froghemoth, a huge aberration with 24 strength, 22 Con, immunity to lightning and poison, resistance to firea sticky tongue attack with 30 foot reach, a bite attack that swallows if the creature is already grappled, 3 legendary resistance, tentacles with 15 foot reach and grappe and move and bite available as legendary actions, and stomach acid. I adjusted the effective HP, AC, DPR, and AB to make a CR 13 creature. A CR13 creature is a medium encounter for 4 13th level PCs.  I have 6 PCs, so I needed a CR18 creature instead.  I adjusted the effective HP only until it became a CR18 creature.  This should be a hard encounter for my 10th level PCs on paper. At the end of the battle, most PC resources were expended, and a couple PCs had come close to dying outright. So mission accomplished in terms of difficulty.I really like your story immersion regarding the hobgoblins though.</blockquote>

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