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<blockquote data-quote="keterys" data-source="post: 4848793" data-attributes="member: 43019">You are under some mistaken assumption that there needs to be any correlation between its Strength score and its melee damage. The DMG guidelines are 1) just guidelines 2) specifically say they're not the same as official monster manual design 3) have no rules requiring that basic attack damage have anything to do with Strength or any other ability.It's not expected that Solos are even all that likely to use their basic attacks, and even then may use their basic attacks many times - such as a hydra - so it is the expectation that a solo's results would vary from that damage chart, not that they would follow it. Now, personally, I think a lot of the original monster manual - with some glaring exceptions, like needlefang drake swarms - deals far too little damage, and I've no doubt that there are cases of inadequate damage in the monster manual 2, but you're definitely quibbling over minor details here. If you'd really like it to deal at least +11 damage and retain the same average damage (roughly) do 3d6+11 instead of 3d8+8.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="keterys, post: 4848793, member: 43019"] You are under some mistaken assumption that there needs to be any correlation between its Strength score and its melee damage. The DMG guidelines are 1) just guidelines 2) specifically say they're not the same as official monster manual design 3) have no rules requiring that basic attack damage have anything to do with Strength or any other ability. It's not expected that Solos are even all that likely to use their basic attacks, and even then may use their basic attacks many times - such as a hydra - so it is the expectation that a solo's results would vary from that damage chart, not that they would follow it. Now, personally, I think a lot of the original monster manual - with some glaring exceptions, like needlefang drake swarms - deals far too little damage, and I've no doubt that there are cases of inadequate damage in the monster manual 2, but you're definitely quibbling over minor details here. If you'd really like it to deal at least +11 damage and retain the same average damage (roughly) do 3d6+11 instead of 3d8+8. [/QUOTE]

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