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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tormyr" data-source="post: 6459729" data-attributes="member: 6776887">I think it comes down to what would be the most interesting in a fight. There really isn't anything unfair about sending a CR 1 "by the chart" creature. The 4 person team will most likely tear the CR 1 creature apart. It will hit 1 of the 4 guys less than half the time (more likely 33% of the time)A quick playtest with a level 1 Fighter, Cleric, Rogue, and WizardHP 80, AC 13, 2 attacks at 1d8 + 1 Avg 11, AB 3Initiative: Fighter, Creature, Wizard, Rogue, ClericRound 1: Fighter hit for 10, Creature hits Fighter 1 time for 5 , Wizard uses magic missile for 12, Rogue hits once for 11, Cleric uses Healing Word to heal Fighter for 4 and hits for 8Creature 39 hp. Fighter 11 hp Everyone else at full.Round 2: Fighter miss, Creature misses twice, Wizard crit ray of frost for 6, Rogue hits twice for 12, Cleric hits for 5Creature 16 hp, Fighter 11 hp, Everyone else at fullRound 3: Fighter miss, Creature hits rogue once for 3, Wizard uses ray of frost for 8, Rogue hits twice for 11 and creature is downThe party ended up with 4 damage and 2 used spell slots.  I know the dice could have gone a different way, but this seems like a Medium encounter to me.The MM creatures have special abilities that modify their difficulty.  The easiest way to balance that difficulty back out is to pull back some on the HP. My guess is that is why the MM monsters have hp less than suggested.</blockquote>

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