D&D 5E - Templates and 5th edition

Posted by Patria Henriques on Friday, August 30, 2024
CR rules are easy enough to template, assuming you are willing to handle corner cases manually.

I mean:
Moon Touched

  • Incoporeal (resist everything except necrotic unless in sunlight)
  • Invisible except in sunlight
  • Creatures of its choice who start their turn within 10' take 10 radiant damage
  • Deals +1d12 radiant damage per attack (note: scale if needed)
  • Can teleport as a bonus action 60' (recharge 56)
  • Resistant to magic

We'll assume they don't fight in sunlight. Invisible is worth about 2 CR (attack and defence), MR 1 CR. AOE 10 damage auto hit is worth about 20 DPR. 1d12 is worth 6 DPR per attack. Resists is about 2x HP value.

CR value of template: Base HP/64 + #attacks/2 (multiply if you scale it) + 3.5 CR.

If CR is above 20, halve extra CR.

Adjust Proficiency to new CR.

So there can be a bit of math. But the point is how you give the critter abilities doesn't determine CR; CR is a measurement of the entire monster.

For a moon huge giant crab, I'd up radiant to 2d12 or 4d12 to make it CR 14 or 15 for example.

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