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<blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 5657213" data-attributes="member: 1165"><p>Decrease everything but skills and hit points by 1 per level. Decrease hp by 8 for most types (10 for brutes, 6 for artillery and lurkers). Skills go down roughly 1/2 levels, but you're "supposed to" modify ability scores as well, or the NADs won't make too much sense. It's probably not worth the hassle to recalculate those values from scratch though.</p><p></p><p>Note that MM1 and 2 monsters have improper damage values, and you'll need to recalculate them. Make those 8 + level in damage on average. (A 3rd-level monster might do 2d6+4 damage, average 11, standard for a 3rd-level monster.) +25% for brute attacks, -25% for AoE attacks, artillery melee attacks, and effects that inflict strong control effects, and +25-+50% for encounter/recharge/daily powers. (Apply all mods. A brute that has an encounter power that does AoE damage would do +50% [encounter] +25% [brute] -25% [AoE].)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="(Psi)SeveredHead, post: 5657213, member: 1165"] Decrease everything but skills and hit points by 1 per level. Decrease hp by 8 for most types (10 for brutes, 6 for artillery and lurkers). Skills go down roughly 1/2 levels, but you're "supposed to" modify ability scores as well, or the NADs won't make too much sense. It's probably not worth the hassle to recalculate those values from scratch though. Note that MM1 and 2 monsters have improper damage values, and you'll need to recalculate them. Make those 8 + level in damage on average. (A 3rd-level monster might do 2d6+4 damage, average 11, standard for a 3rd-level monster.) +25% for brute attacks, -25% for AoE attacks, artillery melee attacks, and effects that inflict strong control effects, and +25-+50% for encounter/recharge/daily powers. (Apply all mods. A brute that has an encounter power that does AoE damage would do +50% [encounter] +25% [brute] -25% [AoE].) [/QUOTE]
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