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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 6407549" data-attributes="member: 20323"><p>Ok, you've changed more than just adding spells...</p><p></p><p>Improved multiattack (thanks to Pact Blade)</p><p>Boosted Ability Scores & HP</p><p>Boosted innate spellcasting (notably at-will Mage Armor & Circle of Death 1/day)</p><p>I1th warlock spellcasting</p><p></p><p><strong>Improved Multiattack</strong></p><p>Melee DPR for Yuan-Ti Abomination = 17+11+11 = 39</p><p>Melee DPR for Kersethis = 17+11+24= 52</p><p></p><p>That alone is near the max DPR for a CR 8 / min DPR for a CR 9, based on <a href="http://surfarcher.blogspot.com/2014/09/d-5e-monsters-part-7-construction-damage.html" target="_blank">http://surfarcher.blogspot.com/2014/09/d-5e-monsters-part-7-construction-damage.html</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Boosted Ability Scores & HP</strong></p><p>Con 19 increases HP from 127 to 142. In either case, the HP exceed the typical maximum value for a CR 10 monster (115) according to <a href="http://surfarcher.blogspot.com/2014/08/d-5e-monsters-part-4-construction.html" target="_blank">http://surfarcher.blogspot.com/2014/08/d-5e-monsters-part-4-construction.html</a> The yuan-ti abomination is a low AC, high HP monster to begin with, so gauging CR based on HP is difficult in this case.</p><p></p><p>However, the Cha 20 is very telling, as only CR 9 or 10 monsters get ability scores at 20.</p><p></p><p><strong>Boosted Innate Spellcasting</strong></p><p>The Mage Armor AC of 16 is consistent with a CR 6 or 7 monster based on <a href="http://surfarcher.blogspot.com/2014/08/d-5e-monsters-part-5-construction-ac.html" target="_blank">http://surfarcher.blogspot.com/2014/08/d-5e-monsters-part-5-construction-ac.html</a></p><p></p><p>Circle of Death is a potent 8d6 (28) damage, but I'll factor that into the next section.</p><p></p><p><strong>11th level Warlock Spellcasting</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>I would peg him as principally a "utility/defense caster", which would mean less of an increase in CR than an "attack caster." There is no exact CR guideline, but [MENTION=84774]surfarcher[/MENTION] presents his thoughts so far over here: <a href="http://surfarcher.blogspot.com/2014/09/d-5e-monsters-part-6-construction.html" target="_blank">http://surfarcher.blogspot.com/2014/09/d-5e-monsters-part-6-construction.html</a></p><p>My DM instinct for this spell load out would be +1 CR.</p><p></p><p>Also, with the 5d10 (27) damage from hellish rebuke and 8d6 (28) from Circle of Death, I think that clearly pushes his DPR into the CR 9 category. Then +1 for the utility/defense casting, and...</p><p></p><p>Altogether I'm pretty confident you're looking at a CR 10 monster. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 6407549, member: 20323"] Ok, you've changed more than just adding spells... Improved multiattack (thanks to Pact Blade) Boosted Ability Scores & HP Boosted innate spellcasting (notably at-will Mage Armor & Circle of Death 1/day) I1th warlock spellcasting [b]Improved Multiattack[/b] Melee DPR for Yuan-Ti Abomination = 17+11+11 = 39 Melee DPR for Kersethis = 17+11+24= 52 That alone is near the max DPR for a CR 8 / min DPR for a CR 9, based on [url]http://surfarcher.blogspot.com/2014/09/d-5e-monsters-part-7-construction-damage.html[/url] [b]Boosted Ability Scores & HP[/b] Con 19 increases HP from 127 to 142. In either case, the HP exceed the typical maximum value for a CR 10 monster (115) according to [url]http://surfarcher.blogspot.com/2014/08/d-5e-monsters-part-4-construction.html[/url] The yuan-ti abomination is a low AC, high HP monster to begin with, so gauging CR based on HP is difficult in this case. However, the Cha 20 is very telling, as only CR 9 or 10 monsters get ability scores at 20. [b]Boosted Innate Spellcasting[/b] The Mage Armor AC of 16 is consistent with a CR 6 or 7 monster based on [url]http://surfarcher.blogspot.com/2014/08/d-5e-monsters-part-5-construction-ac.html[/url] Circle of Death is a potent 8d6 (28) damage, but I'll factor that into the next section. [b]11th level Warlock Spellcasting[/b] I would peg him as principally a "utility/defense caster", which would mean less of an increase in CR than an "attack caster." There is no exact CR guideline, but [MENTION=84774]surfarcher[/MENTION] presents his thoughts so far over here: [url]http://surfarcher.blogspot.com/2014/09/d-5e-monsters-part-6-construction.html[/url] My DM instinct for this spell load out would be +1 CR. Also, with the 5d10 (27) damage from hellish rebuke and 8d6 (28) from Circle of Death, I think that clearly pushes his DPR into the CR 9 category. Then +1 for the utility/defense casting, and... Altogether I'm pretty confident you're looking at a CR 10 monster. :) [/QUOTE]
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