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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 6116446" data-attributes="member: 1210">The biggest thing is to increase its damage.A typical level 8 monster should deal an average of 16 points of damage a round. A solo should have the damage output of 5 monsters. This is before figuring in &quot;lurker&quot; effects, which typically improve a monster's damage output by around 50%.This guy, in a typical round, will potentially attack with:1 bite (instinctive devouring)1 bite + 1 claw (draconic frenzy)1 tail slash Right now, the bite averages 8.5 damage; the claw averages 6.5; and the tail averages 7.5. So you're looking at roughly 31 damage vs. the 80 that it should deal by the numbers.I'd suggest changing the bite to 3d10+4 (average 20), the claw to 3d6+5 (average 15) and the tail to 4d10+3 (average 25). Now we're up to 80.I would also increase the breath damage- a limited-use ability is usually doing 25-50% more damage than a standard (so let's call it 24). Reduce by about 25% because it attacks multiple targets, and let's go with 18 damage- perhaps 3d6+8?Also, hps should be 272: [(9x6 =) 54 for an 8th level lurker + 14 for con =] 68 x 4, or 272. Hope this helps!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 6116446, member: 1210"] The biggest thing is to increase its damage. A typical level 8 monster should deal an average of 16 points of damage a round. A solo should have the damage output of 5 monsters. This is before figuring in "lurker" effects, which typically improve a monster's damage output by around 50%. This guy, in a typical round, will potentially attack with: 1 bite (instinctive devouring) 1 bite + 1 claw (draconic frenzy) 1 tail slash Right now, the bite averages 8.5 damage; the claw averages 6.5; and the tail averages 7.5. So you're looking at roughly 31 damage vs. the 80 that it should deal by the numbers. I'd suggest changing the bite to 3d10+4 (average 20), the claw to 3d6+5 (average 15) and the tail to 4d10+3 (average 25). Now we're up to 80. I would also increase the breath damage- a limited-use ability is usually doing 25-50% more damage than a standard (so let's call it 24). Reduce by about 25% because it attacks multiple targets, and let's go with 18 damage- perhaps 3d6+8? Also, hps should be 272: [(9x6 =) 54 for an 8th level lurker + 14 for con =] 68 x 4, or 272. Hope this helps! [/QUOTE]

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