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<blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 5994546" data-attributes="member: 1165">All over the place. The DMG1 has errata to that effect, the DMG has it, there's free images, PDFs and other resources all over the place...A typical monster does average damage of 8 + level with an attack. Apply modifiers for AoE attacks, brutes, limited attacks, attacks with significant control effects, etc, afterward.The modifiers for AC and defense are streamlined. AC is 14 + level (12 + level for brutes and artillery, 16 + level for soldiers). Average defense is 12 + level. Elites and solos get no modifiers to these.Attack bonuses are level +5, except artillery get a bonus to ranged and area attacks. Brutes no longer take a penalty, and soldiers no longer gain a bonus. Controllers apparently no longer gain a bonus to attacks vs Fort/Ref/Will.Solos always get x4 hp, no longer do they get x5. (A few monsters break this rule, but the design rules say x4.)Solos get much-better designed abilities that prevent them from being locked down. If you want to see a good example, look up Calastryx, a 14th-level solo, or any Monster Vault dragon (Instinctive X and Action Surge makes for an unstoppable combo, needed at paragon and epic levels).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="(Psi)SeveredHead, post: 5994546, member: 1165"] All over the place. The DMG1 has errata to that effect, the DMG has it, there's free images, PDFs and other resources all over the place... A typical monster does average damage of 8 + level with an attack. Apply modifiers for AoE attacks, brutes, limited attacks, attacks with significant control effects, etc, afterward. The modifiers for AC and defense are streamlined. AC is 14 + level (12 + level for brutes and artillery, 16 + level for soldiers). Average defense is 12 + level. Elites and solos get no modifiers to these. Attack bonuses are level +5, except artillery get a bonus to ranged and area attacks. Brutes no longer take a penalty, and soldiers no longer gain a bonus. Controllers apparently no longer gain a bonus to attacks vs Fort/Ref/Will. Solos always get x4 hp, no longer do they get x5. (A few monsters break this rule, but the design rules say x4.) Solos get [i]much-better designed[/i] abilities that prevent them from being locked down. If you want to see a good example, look up Calastryx, a 14th-level solo, or any Monster Vault dragon (Instinctive X and Action Surge makes for an unstoppable combo, needed at paragon and epic levels). [/QUOTE]

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