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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 787710" data-attributes="member: 326">Hi Anubis mate! <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=":)" />True indeed, and that is one option.However, that doesn't address the one issue I still have a problem with.Namely that by not factoring Ability Scores for characters but factoring them for monsters creates a flawed dichotomy in the mechanic. The results of which are that all the monster CRs are (approx.) 15% wrong.The alternative is to not factor Ability Scores at all which just seems somehow 'wrong'. I mean say two deities each decide to create a servitor using the CR factors. Both players end up with a monster equal to a Pit Fiend except one has all 40s to ability scores and the other has all 20s, yet they both somehow have the same CR and cost the same amount of worsip points to create ~ it doesn't seem right to me.It has been explained indirectly.If you remember the CR/EL relationship table, every doubling of CR represents an EL increase of +4.Therefore halving the CR represents a decrease of +4 EL.A difference of +4 EL represents the difference between a moderate encounter (where the party should soundly win using 20-25% of its resources) and a difficult one (which is a 50/50 encounter).I use the terminology to focus peoples attentions on the fact that at their actual CRs monsters are not meant to represent significant threats - but at the difficult rating they are.  Possibly.  I anticipate that characters would approximately gain +1 CR (for Ability Scores) with an additional +1 CR for every 10 levels (counting inherant bonuses and eventually epic feats).I agree. The lower rated Pit Fiend is far more accurate provided we are not factoring ability scores for PCs.  You summed it up exactly! It should. But do we risk months of work on a hunch without testing it as best we can...? No, of course not. Thats why we are here.  It will almost certainly still work either way (my CR/EL relationship creates a very robust mechanic). The problem is that one way (not counting Ability Scores) monster CRs just looks wrong.The modifiers still work at low levels, but what they don't factor the fragility of very low level characters who are much more dependant on luck than relatively higher level characters.Don't worry about the Divinity Templates they are perfect now. Though I have made a few changes recently like taking out the Inherant Bonuses to Ability Scores...though a deity can still gain them if they so wish - pun intended. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Certainly on the surface yes I agree with you. But I am just wary of ignoring such bonuses.</blockquote>

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