Surf's D&D Blog...: July 2015

D&D 5e Monsters: Part 11: Construction Consolidation

Surf consolidates the data to date and extends it out... In preparation for the next round of analysis.

Part 11: Construction Consolidation

OK it's been quite a while since I posted on here and recently I realised that I hadn't posted the consolidated tables from our explorations into the math underpinning D&D 5e monsters.

Certainly life outside this blog has been very demanding and left very little time for analysis and blogging. But if I'm honest with myself I have to admit that I was feeling like this analysis had lost it's relevance with the release of the Dungeon Master's Guide. Asking around on the official D&D forums the responses I received seemed to confirm this... On top of this the effort that goes into these blog articles is mentally demanding - presenting an analysis requires far more effort that just tinkering in a spreadsheet for one's own pleasure!

Things might have sat like this for a whole lot longer, but +Connor Cavin and several others started asking when I'd post my consolidated tables. Discussion turned to what I would be posting beyond that and I realised, there still was a group of folks interested in these articles continuing!

So I'm back to post the last couple of installments in this series. And from there we'll see where we go, tho I do have a few ideas I feel good about now.

So, if you enjoy these articles, let me know!

If there's something about the math behind D&D 5e you'd like to see explored, let me know!

And now on to the consolidated tables!

Consolidated Tables

I'll omit the waffling here and get straight into the table, which I have extended out to CR30.

Most of the headers in the table below can be clicked to take you to the section of the article dealing with that stat.

CR	Challenge Index	Ability Score		Armor Class	Hit Points	Attack Bonus	Damage	Trait Count	Action Count	Misc stats
CR	Challenge Index	Avg	Max	Armor Class	Hit Points	Attack Bonus	Damage	Trait Count	Action Count	Misc stats
0	5	8	13	13	8	+3	1	1	1	1
⅛	8	9	14	13	11	+4	2	1	1	1
¼	11	10	15	13	13	+4	3	1	2	2
½	17	10	15	13	18	+4	4	1	2	2
1	23	11	16	13	28	+4	7	2	2	3
2	38	11	16	13	48	+5	13	2	2	3
3	54	12	17	13	68	+5	19	2	2	3
4	69	12	17	14	88	+6	25	2	2	4
5	84	13	18	14	108	+6	31	2	2	4
6	100	13	18	14	128	+7	37	2	2	4
7	115	14	19	15	148	+7	43	2	3	4
8	130	14	19	15	168	+8	49	2	3	4
9	145	15	20	15	188	+8	55	2	3	5
10	161	15	20	16	208	+9	61	2	3	5
11	176	16	21	16	228	+9	67	2	3	5
12	191	16	21	16	248	+10	73	2	4	5
13	207	17	22	17	268	+10	79	2	4	5
14	222	17	22	17	288	+11	85	2	4	6
15	237	18	23	17	308	+11	91	2	4	6
16	253	18	23	18	328	+12	97	3	4	6
17	268	19	24	18	348	+13	103	3	4	6
18	283	19	24	18	368	+13	109	3	5	6
19	298	20	25	19	388	+14	115	3	5	7
20	314	20	25	19	408	+14	121	3	5	7
21	329	21	26	19	428	+15	127	3	5	7
22	344	21	26	20	448	+15	133	3	5	7
23	360	22	27	20	468	+16	139	3	5	7
24	375	22	27	20	488	+16	145	3	6	8
25	390	23	28	21	508	+17	151	3	6	8
26	406	23	28	21	528	+17	157	3	6	8
27	421	24	29	21	548	+18	163	3	6	8
28	436	24	29	21	568	+18	169	3	6	8
29	451	25	30	22	588	+19	175	3	6	9
30	467	25	30	22	608	+19	181	4	7	9