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<blockquote data-quote="Doctor Futurity" data-source="post: 6599798" data-attributes="member: 10738">Okay, analyzing the brown bear:HPs average 34, so the table on the DMG page 274 starts it at a 1/8 CR based on that. The AC is 11 which makes that a bit iffy...its less than 13, but not sure I'd adjust the CR down to 0 on that basis...but from the looks of it I think they figured CR at 0 when averaging the offensive and defensive CRs. Offensive damage average for the brown bear is 19 damage per round so the offensive CR is 2. It's attack bonus is +5, so that's 2 higher than the base +3 for a CR 2, so we adjust that to CR 3.So 1/8 CR + 3 CR /2 is 1.56. Or if they did it by the formula and had defensive CR 0 and offensive CR 3 then the average is 1.5. Either way, they then rounded down to get CR 1.So.....my suggestion is to remember that the hit point expression is probably not the most immediate and important part of the formula, even if it sets the base CR from which you slide up and down on the defensive side.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Doctor Futurity, post: 6599798, member: 10738"] Okay, analyzing the brown bear: HPs average 34, so the table on the DMG page 274 starts it at a 1/8 CR based on that. The AC is 11 which makes that a bit iffy...its less than 13, but not sure I'd adjust the CR down to 0 on that basis...but from the looks of it I think they figured CR at 0 when averaging the offensive and defensive CRs. Offensive damage average for the brown bear is 19 damage per round so the offensive CR is 2. It's attack bonus is +5, so that's 2 higher than the base +3 for a CR 2, so we adjust that to CR 3. So 1/8 CR + 3 CR /2 is 1.56. Or if they did it by the formula and had defensive CR 0 and offensive CR 3 then the average is 1.5. Either way, they then rounded down to get CR 1. So.....my suggestion is to remember that the hit point expression is probably not the most immediate and important part of the formula, even if it sets the base CR from which you slide up and down on the defensive side. [/QUOTE]

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