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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 4936114" data-attributes="member: 82106">It really isn't defined by the rules. KD has a point that in the absence of any specific exception the normal rules apply to monsters just like they do to PCs. However its also a good point that monster resource management is quite different from that of PCs and really isn't applicable. The idea of giving the monster a milestone does kind of resolve the issue though. Personally my view is that normal monsters simply don't have APs at all, so that aspect of things is moot where they're concerned and if you consider a monster surviving an encounter to be a milestone then your average monster still won't have an AP simply because there is no such thing for them. Elite and Solo monsters would gain one AP, but I would still say they have a cap of 1 or 2 for solos. Hit points are the easy part, you can simply go by the same rules as PCs. Every heroic tier monster has one HS. If they get a short rest, they can use it to heal themselves. Paragon and epic tier monsters can use their 2 (or 3) HS if they need to do so.Presumably if a monster had magic items with  daily use powers, then it would gain another daily item use for their milestone. Largely irrelevant though since its highly doubtful a monster is going to have 2 or more such items.Another thing to remember is that monster stat blocks are really only intended to tell you what the monster can do in a combat situation. For most ordinary monsters they probably can't do much else that's interesting, but higher level and leader type monsters may easily have resources available to them that aren't spelled out in the stat block. For example they might know certain rituals, alchemy, etc. They may even have spell books which might allow them to do a power swap if they get an extended rest. This kind of thing is totally within the realm of the DM and it can make these types of opponents a lot more interesting.</blockquote>

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