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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JacktheRabbit" data-source="post: 7205935" data-attributes="member: 525">I know I am late to the game. Just got back into DnD last fall and after being a player for 7 months I am taking over as DM.That being said I just picked up the Tome of Beasts 5E. Overall I must say I love the book. I could use a few less CR20 plus threats, I know they look cool and are cool to read, but how many do you end up using really.My main point of thread is to ask people how things are going using the monsters in the book. As I am going through them I am finding that I an unsure on the accuracy of the CR rating for many of the foes. An Iron Ghoul is CR5 and has 143hp, an AC of 16 and at just using its glaive can make three attacks per round with a +7 to attack. Played with any intelligence this IG is going to shread 4 5th level characters.An even more extreme example is the Leshy. Decent melee attack, stealth benefits, innate spellcasting, 84hp and an 14AC all wrapped up as a CR1. Am I thinking of things wrong here or did the book miss on some CR ratings?Hoping to see some opinions here.</blockquote>