Lets all face it, the rules for creating monsters in the core books are bunk, and online advice for doing it is equally taxing. Monster creation should be as simple as deciding what CR the monster should be, and then making a couple tweeks as needed. Monsters don’t require the same numerical investment of time as players, and It’s frankly inexcusable that we’re expecting DMs to use shpreadsheets to figure out things like monster hitdie and average attack damage like they were a 19th century spiritualist trying to perform numerology.
Here are three resources that will cut the time it takes you to make a monster to 1/10th of what it’d take you if you followed the books.
Seriously, with these three charts you can make literally any monster you feel like. Use them independently, or mash them together to fill any holes you might find, like proficencies or senses. None of your players are going to care if the math on your monsters isn’t book perfect, as long as they’re not overpowered.
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