Armour Class: The maximum AC in the original table is 19, which is reached at CR 17 and never improves-meaning it is the appropriate AC for just under half of all CRs in the table.As you'll see when you read a little further, we cap Attack Bonus and Save DC, which means we can also cap Proficiency Bonus at +9. Given that fifth edition's bounded accuracy places upper limits on player defenses, it seems reasonable that we should be cautious of granting bonuses even higher than this. This is, of course, three higher than the maximum Proficiency Bonus attainable by player characters. Proficiency Bonus: The maximum Proficiency Bonus in the original table caps out at +9.While Proficiency is not factored directly into the CR calculation, it is naturally an extremely important statistics, and a useful guide on what a monster's ability score bonuses must be to attain an appropriate Attack Bonus or Save DC. This table includes the aforementioned five statistics, as well as the expected Proficiency bonus. We'll do that by expanding the Monster Statistics by Challenge Rating table to also include CR 31 - CR 40, but first we need to figure out what each CR increase should actually mean so that we can populate the table. But the rules for those adjustments are already in place, whch means we can focus our attention on these five things. As you will already know, other features are factored into the calculation as modifiers to one of those five statistics. Optionally, a monster's Save DC may replace its Attack Bonus if it primarily uses saving throw effects, meaning that there are five data points that may be fed into the calculation, but only four are ever used at one time. When determining the CR of a monster, the guidelines boil down all its complexity to an aggregate of four things: its Hit Points, it Armour Class, its Damage Per Round, and its Attack Bonus. To follow along with the article, you will need to have access to the guidelines for Creating a Monster from the Dungeon Master's Guide (or an electronic equivalent such as D&D Beyond or Fantasy Grounds). I thought that today I would return to this subject with a more in-depth explanation of the decisions I made to arrive at these CRs. As part of my first article on the Red Knight, I briefly discussed how I had calculated these CRs. Some of the statblocks I presented had CRs higher than 30. (and if you've got a particular entity you'd like to see, feel free to reach out with a suggestion!) I specifically created these four as they are major players in my current campaign, but they were fun to make and you can probably expect me to return to the series with further entries some time in the future.
Asmodeus, Lord of Hell (or, as in my world, the God of Sin).A while back I posted a series of statblocks representing the avatars of gods and powerful fiends.
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