D&D 5E Here's some 5E monsters

[Morrus]

I assume this has likely been posted somewhere, but just in case. They're a bit old, but the LotCS monster stat PDF contains these critters, all about level 1-4.

Air elemental
Akar kessel
Animated black ice statue
Baerick Hammerstonr
Bear tribe fury
Bear tribe shaman
Bear tribe warrior
Brown bear
Crag cat
Dark adept
Davrick Fain
Dwarf warrior
Giant spider
Goblin
Green slime
Hedrun the ice witch
Human commoner
Human rogue
Human war chief
Human warrior
Marek the Shank
Orc
Orog
Quasit
Skeletal white dragon
Thug
Tough thug
Vaelish giant
Verbeeg
Wererat
Winter wolf
Wolf
Yeti
Young remorhaz
Young yeti
Zombie

http://media.wizards.com/downloads/dnd/LoCS_Stats_Next.pdf

 

[Abstruse]

Just note that these monsters were written with the math from the last playtest packet, which has changed. So know that going in and no kvetching the monsters are too weak/strong in the new edition

 

[ClauDeDoin]

For those who are interested, there's a similar document for Murder in Baldur's Gate, though it's not as useful (IMO) as the one for Legacy of the Crystal Shard. Either way, the same caveats apply as above.

http://media.wizards.com/downloads/dnd/MinBG_Statistics.pdf

 

[caudor]

A quick fix for these monsters: Add 1 AC, Add 1 damage, Increase HP by 50%

 

[JEB]

For those who are interested, there's a similar document for Murder in Baldur's Gate, though it's not as useful (IMO) as the one for Legacy of the Crystal Shard. Either way, the same caveats apply as above.

http://media.wizards.com/downloads/dnd/MinBG_Statistics.pdf

Notably, that PDF contains stats for Next, 4E, and 3.5 for each character/monster. Could be extremely useful for conversion!

 

[caudor]

The thing throwing me for a loop are the low level monsters. For example Goblins now use a fractional CR (like 1/4). Previously, the floor for these monster was 1. The new Goblin is now worth 40 XP while the old version is 10 XP. Adding +1 AC, +1 Damage, +50% HP works for adjusting the power of the monster, but getting the XP values of other monsters can be tricky.

 

[JEB]

If anyone's interested, I created a cheat sheet for converting monsters from Next to 5E. Slightly different than the method above, and it's pretty rough, but I think it gets the job done. (Let me know if there are any major errors, though.)

 

[caudor]

Very good! Thank you. I'll give it a try.

 

[Trickster Spirit]

If anyone's interested, I created a cheat sheet for converting monsters from Next to 5E. Slightly different than the method above, and it's pretty rough, but I think it gets the job done. (Let me know if there are any major errors, though.)

Wow, thanks for this, JEB! One question - I've noticed you don't mention AC at all. Should that remain unchanged in your opinion? Others have suggested improving AC a tad.

 

[JEB]

Wow, thanks for this, JEB! One question - I've noticed you don't mention AC at all. Should that remain unchanged in your opinion? Others have suggested improving AC a tad.

Correct, from what I saw AC was generally the same between Next and 5E. Of those that did increase, it was usually due to changes in equipment. So I figure it's safer to leave AC alone.


FYI to all, made a minor update - forgot to include the increase for weapon damage when it's wielded by a large creature.

Also, I may add some guidelines for huge creatures - I held back before because there weren't any in the Starter Set, but I may be able to come up with something from Next alone. (Open to suggestions, of course.)