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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tormyr" data-source="post: 6458449" data-attributes="member: 6776887">Just grabbing the first creatures I can find in Basic D&D.CR1/8 Flying Snake. HP 5, AC 14, DPR 8, AB 6Fly Speed + Flyby: effectively allows attacking at range because it can swoop in, hit and retreat without attacks of opportunity. This increases effective AC by 2Defensive CR: Starts at 0. Effective AC is 16 which is 3 higher than suggested. So defensive CR goes up to 1/8 (I am assuming it goes up by 1 step rather than 1).Offensive CR: Starts at 1/2.  AB is 3 higher than recommended, so increase 1 level to CR of 1.The average of 1/8 and 1 is 1/2.  So there must be something else going on here, or the Flying snake was weaker than a CR 1/2 creature should be in play testing.CR 1/4 Giant Frog. HP 18, AC 11, DPR ~7, AB 3. None of its traits change anything.DCR: Starts at 1/8, goes to 0.OCR: Starts at 1/2 and stays thereAvg CR is 1/4.CR 1/2 Gnoll. HP 22, AC 15, DPR 6, AB 4Rampage increases effective DPR by 2.DCR: Starts at 1/8 and increases to 1/4.OCR: Starts at 1/2 and stays there.Average CR rounded to nearest level: 1/2.CR 1 Animated Armor. HP 33, AC 18, DPR 10, AB 4. Damage Immunities multiply effective HP by 2.DCR: Starts at 1/2 and increases to 2.OCR: Starts at 1 and stays there.Average CR: Average rounded is 2, so play testing must have come up with a reason to keep it at 1.I hope that gives at least a little insight.</blockquote>