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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack Simth" data-source="post: 3207169" data-attributes="member: 29252">Yeah, they have exactly a 50/50 chance of clearing the five feet needed to jump over a "standard" humanoid.  Presuming, of course, that an Int-2 critter connects the twang of a bowstring (or, more likely in that party, the foosh of the Warlock's Eldritch Blast), and jump over the nearby meat in the way with the big chunks of wall, putting the lion in a situation where it's completely surrounded.   Oh, wait - even so, though, that would require them to end their turn in an already occupied square, which is illegal without grappling.  Of course, even then, it can only start a grapple with one, but it needs four squares to occupy..... three of which are occupied already.  Near as I can tell, it's RAW illegal for the lion.YES.  Put it this way; if you take a creature, add two to each of it's three most important stats, four to it's AC (in addition to any AC changes due to it's stat changes), two to it's saves (again, in addition to any save changes due to it's stat changes), and four to it's average damage, would that justify a CR increase?If you reverse that from the expected party member (by way of not having expected equipment) does that justify a backing off of what CR they can handle?</blockquote>