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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zimbel" data-source="post: 2728126" data-attributes="member: 29912">Cr2,1,.5CR 2 results (Same method as CR 10)"Battler only" excludes: Medium Animated Object, Blink Dog, Imp, Giant Bombardier Beettle Satyr Shocker Lizard, Large Viper, Vargouille, wyrmling white dragon due to their small damage output (less than 50% of mean). AC for damage/round is 16.AllMean: HP 20.4 AC 15.5 Average damage: 4.8St dev: HP 8.9 AC 2.0 damage: 1.6Battler onlyMean: HP 21.2 AC 15.6 Average damage: 6.6St dev: HP 9.1 AC 2.0 damage: 2.7For comparison:3rd level Astral construct (assuming that a special ability is chosen that does not affect these stats):HP 36 AC 20 Average damage: 11.025St dev from all: HP 1.74 AC 2.20 Damage: 0.61St Dev from battler only: HP 1.61 AC 2.18 Damage: 0.16My conclusion is that for the given CR, the 3rd level astral construct's combat stats are almost certaintely too high. With a sample size of 44 (or 35 in the battler only), the highest AC is 23 (23 for battler only). Note, however, that its HP are high.CR 1 results (Same method as CR 10)"Battler only" excludes: Small Animated Object, Shreiker, Giant Bee, Deep Gnome, Homunculus, Manta Ray, PseudoDragon, Medium Viper, Grig, Nixie, Squid due to their small damage output (less than 50% of mean). AC for damage/round is 15.AllMean: HP 12.3 AC 15.1 Average damage: 2.5St dev: HP 5.1 AC 2.2 damage: 1.7Battler onlyMean: HP 12.6 AC 15.1 Average damage: 3.0St dev: HP 5.4 AC 1.4 damage: 1.6For comparison:2nd level Astral construct (assuming that a special ability is chosen that does not affect these stats):HP 31 AC 18 Average damage: 3.9375St dev from all: HP 3.66 AC 1.33 Damage: 0.86St Dev from battler only: HP 3.38 AC 2.01 Damage: 0.31My conclusion is that for the given CR, the 2nd level astral construct's combat stats are almost certaintely too high. With a sample size of 43 (or 32 in the battler only), the highest AC is 23 (23 for battler only). Note, however, that its HP are higher than anything in the sample (29 from the max of the sample).CR 0.5 results (Same method as CR 10)"Battler only" excludes: Tiny Animated Object, Small Spider, Small Viper, Stirge due to their small damage output (less than 50% of mean). AC for damage/round is 15.AllMean: HP 6.2 AC 14.6 Average damage: 2.0St dev: HP 3.2 AC 1.3 damage: 1.0Battler onlyMean: HP 6.5 AC 14.5 Average damage: 2.2St dev: HP 3.3 AC 1.2 damage: 0.9For comparison:1st level Astral construct (assuming that a special ability is chosen that does not affect these stats):HP 15 AC 18 Average damage: 2.60St dev from all: HP 2.72 AC 2.73 Damage: 0.61St Dev from battler only: HP 2.57 AC 2.87 Damage: 0.19My conclusion is that for the given CR, the 1st level astral construct's combat stats are almost certaintely too high. With a sample size of 36 (or 32 in the battler only), the highest AC is 17 (17 for battler only). Note, however, that its HP are higher than anything in the samlpe (13 from the max of the sample).</blockquote>

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