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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 9251474" data-attributes="member: 11760">Hot take: Maybe not every monster needs to scale.A level 1 lich is probably an interesting spellcasting undead. (L1, the Secret of Bone Hill, had zombies and skeletons that could cast spells, which for some reason -- probably internal politics -- never made the jump to Monster Manual II.)But do we need a level 2 lich? And a level 3? And a level 5?If you're trying to fine-tune your encounter's challenge level, why not just toss in minions? Maybe that level 1 lich now gets a flying undead familiar. If you need more challenge, give him a level 1 death knight (LOL) bodyguard. Those three monster stat blocks are probably a lot more interesting than three different leveled variants of the same sub-lich.Although there's obviously a market for a product that produces every possible CR for every possible monster in the SRD, for folks like [USER=7006]@DEFCON 1[/USER], I suspect there's not a huge market for it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 9251474, member: 11760"] Hot take: Maybe not every monster needs to scale. A level 1 lich is probably an interesting spellcasting undead. (L1, the Secret of Bone Hill, had zombies and skeletons that could cast spells, which for some reason -- probably internal politics -- never made the jump to Monster Manual II.) But do we need a level 2 lich? And a level 3? And a level 5? If you're trying to fine-tune your encounter's challenge level, why not just toss in minions? Maybe that level 1 lich now gets a flying undead familiar. If you need more challenge, give him a level 1 death knight (LOL) bodyguard. Those three monster stat blocks are probably a lot more interesting than three different leveled variants of the same sub-lich. Although there's obviously a market for a product that produces every possible CR for every possible monster in the SRD, for folks like [USER=7006]@DEFCON 1[/USER], I suspect there's not a [I]huge [/I]market for it. [/QUOTE]

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