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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 6723954" data-attributes="member: 3586">Creating a CR system is hard. Really hard. Creating a system that estimates the CR of a monster based on stats you plug into a formula? That's even harder.If I were to create a replacement CR system I would do the following:* Create a standard set of four characters (cleric, rogue, wizard, fighter) for every level (1-20).* Select a monster* Run that standard set of characters against a *lot* of fights against the monster in different scenarios. Lots? Hundreds. With different groups.* Look at the feedback from those tests and assign a CR for the monster.* Repeat.Once you have assigned a CR to every monster, look at the main stats of the monsters and attempt to create a formula based on those CRs.This is, as you can see, quite a bit of effort. However, it's quite achievable if you get a lot of people helping. Think a monster is really inaccurate as a CR? Test it! Find a good CR for it. And repeat until the entire Monster Manual have a new CR assigned. Then analyse the trends.Cheers!</blockquote>