D&D Next Monsters: Part 16: Rebooting The Math: Consolidation

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Wherein Surf has a shot at correcting the math in the final playtest's monsters....

OK this took a lot longer than expected, for various reasons. I got caught up proving my changes against character progression data. My work life went insane (think 60 and 70 hour weeks). I really enjoyed working through this and hope readers feel it was worth the wait.

Consolidation

All I have really done in this instalment is consolidate the tables from the previous five articles.

Readers interested in what comes next in my line of D&D monster math analysis should check the end of this article.

Without further ado I give you the...

 

Updated Monster Build Table

Note that I have used the formulas recommended in the last 5 articles. If you want to use an alternative formula for an attribute you'll need to do some work... Or maybe contact me and hope I have some time to spare!

Level	AC				HP				Attack	Damage
	Easy	Average	Tough	Solo	Easy	Average	Tough	Solo		Easy	Average	Tough	Solo
1	11	13	14	15	4	10	18	25	+2	2	3	4	6
2	12	14	15	16	7	18	31	44	+3	4	7	11	14
3	12	14	15	16	10	24	43	61	+4	7	11	17	22
4	13	15	16	17	12	31	54	77	+4	9	15	22	30
5	14	16	17	18	15	37	64	92	+5	11	18	27	37
6	14	16	17	18	17	43	75	107	+5	13	22	32	43
7	15	17	18	19	19	48	85	121	+6	15	25	37	49
8	15	17	18	19	22	54	94	135	+6	17	28	42	55
9	16	18	19	20	24	59	104	148	+7	18	31	46	61
10	16	18	19	20	26	65	113	161	+7	20	34	50	67
11	17	19	20	21	28	70	122	174	+7	22	36	55	73
12	17	19	20	21	30	75	131	187	+8	24	39	59	79
13	18	20	21	22	32	80	140	200	+8	25	42	64	85
14	18	20	21	22	34	85	148	212	+8	27	46	68	91
15	19	21	22	23	36	90	157	224	+9	29	49	73	97
16	19	21	22	23	38	94	165	236	+9	31	52	78	104
17	19	21	22	23	40	99	174	248	+9	33	56	84	112
18	20	22	23	24	42	104	182	260	+10	36	60	90	119
19	20	22	23	24	43	109	190	271	+10	38	64	96	128
20	21	23	24	25	45	113	198	283	+10	41	68	103	137
21	21	23	24	25	47	118	206	294	+11	44	73	110	147
22	21	23	24	25	49	122	214	306	+11	47	79	118	157
23	22	24	25	26	51	127	222	317	+12	51	84	127	169
24	22	24	25	26	52	131	230	328	+12	54	91	136	181
25	23	25	26	27	54	136	237	339	+13	58	97	146	195

 

Towards the future

With final fifth edition material due to be released in a few short weeks it is unlikely that I will devote any more time to analysis of D&D Next monsters.

The good news is that the launch of D&D 5e will incorporate Basic D&D as a spearhead. Basic D&D will be a free download that includes essential monsters. I will download and commence analysis of these creatures within hours (possibly minutes) of the PDF's release.

Hopefully the backbone of my D&D Next monster analysis is a close fit with the final product. That should enable a rapid release of monster analysis.

 

See you in July!