There is a lot to consider and we need to be as thorough as possible. What do we include as Damage? Just the stable 'At will' standard actions each round? Do we factor in attack and defense modifiers? Critical hits? How do we factor in variable damage like spell lists? How about recharge actions and other 'once off' type attacks? How do we best calculate the damage of area effects? Because of things like spell lists and recharge attacks what do we assume about the number of rounds in an 'average combat'? How do we allow for saving throw clauses? There are a several ways we can calculate Damage for the same creature and this consumes quite a bit of time at the data entry stage. The proof is in the pudding, or the numbers in this case, and you'll catch a glimpse of some of that here. As such I believe that it's not necessary to factor these into Damage calculations. As I have said before I believe that D&D 5e has somewhat decoupled the Damage/HP axis from the AC/Accuracy axis.

So let's get right into Damage, and then see how this fits in with our Example Monster.įirst, an up-front reminder. That meant I had to review all Damage data to make sure it was solid. To compound matters I had nearly completed this post when I discovered minor mistake in Damage calculations for about 5% of the data. So in this case I am going to give Damage an instalment all of its own.

And there seems to be a lot of demand for the Damage post. And the analysis of Damage represents a fair investment of both time and space. I had really wanted to cover Damage in Part 6, but simply ran out of both time and space. Surf branches from Spellcasting into Damage. D&D 5e Monsters: Part 7: Construction: Damage

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