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<blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 7145404" data-attributes="member: 58416">That's similar to what I've been doing.&nbsp;&nbsp; I haven't been that exact with it.&nbsp; I've determined what the value of the halfway point between two CRs would be.&nbsp; For example,&nbsp; a CR 1 creature is worth 200; CR 2 is 450, so CR&nbsp; 1.5 is 325XP.&nbsp; Most of the time, I don't bother with the extra math,&nbsp; but sometimes a creature I create (or one from the MM) appears to be particular tough for a given CR, so I decide it is worth a little more.&nbsp; On the other end of the spectrum,&nbsp; sometimes a creature seems particularly weaker than a given CR, so I feel they're worth a little less.&nbsp;&nbsp; Knowing what the half-CR values are gives me a range of numbers to fine-tune with.&nbsp;&nbsp; Why I've started trying to understand how the printed numbers were chosen is an extra step beyond this.&nbsp; While not needed,&nbsp; it's something I've become curious about after a few failed attempts at discerning a pattern.&nbsp; I think I may have found one (which I didn't post because a wall of numbers-as-text didn't add anything to the conversation), but even then it seems to mostly be a coincidence of how numbers work.&nbsp; I'm trying to work out if the numbers were a deliberate choice of design or not.&nbsp;&nbsp; In either case,&nbsp; as I fiddle with the charts more,&nbsp; I'm starting to feel as though there may be a more accurate way of doing the math for 5E... but without knowing if the current math has a reason for being what it is,&nbsp; I'm not sure. By comparison,&nbsp; the XP budgets and values in 4th Edition had a consistent pattern.&nbsp;&nbsp; Even when I ended up rewriting them,&nbsp; I could comprehend where/why certain numbers were rounded (up or down).&nbsp; The math made sense to me even if there were parts of it I disagreed with in 4th.&nbsp; In 5th, I'm having a hard time making sense of how the math progresses.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Argyle King, post: 7145404, member: 58416"] That's similar to what I've been doing. I haven't been that exact with it. I've determined what the value of the halfway point between two CRs would be. For example, a CR 1 creature is worth 200; CR 2 is 450, so CR 1.5 is 325XP. Most of the time, I don't bother with the extra math, but sometimes a creature I create (or one from the MM) appears to be particular tough for a given CR, so I decide it is worth a little more. On the other end of the spectrum, sometimes a creature seems particularly weaker than a given CR, so I feel they're worth a little less. Knowing what the half-CR values are gives me a range of numbers to fine-tune with. Why I've started trying to understand how the printed numbers were chosen is an extra step beyond this. While not needed, it's something I've become curious about after a few failed attempts at discerning a pattern. I think I may have found one (which I didn't post because a wall of numbers-as-text didn't add anything to the conversation), but even then it seems to mostly be a coincidence of how numbers work. I'm trying to work out if the numbers were a deliberate choice of design or not. In either case, as I fiddle with the charts more, I'm starting to feel as though there may be a more accurate way of doing the math for 5E... but without knowing if the current math has a reason for being what it is, I'm not sure. By comparison, the XP budgets and values in 4th Edition had a consistent pattern. Even when I ended up rewriting them, I could comprehend where/why certain numbers were rounded (up or down). The math made sense to me even if there were parts of it I disagreed with in 4th. In 5th, I'm having a hard time making sense of how the math progresses. [/QUOTE]

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