Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Psychoticpsymon 09-25-05, 04:21 PM	Does CR level grow at the same amount as monster level. Let's say my party is facing 4 level 4 wolves at CR1/2. Are they facing 4 CR 2 animals for the sake of treasure rolling and experience stuff? (I know animals dont drop) Also, when leveling up a wolf enemy, you are supposed to increase HD3 medium or HD4-6 if they are large. Does that mean that you roll a medium wolf at (2d8 + 4)*3 per level?
d_nychus 09-25-05, 04:54 PM	You know, nothing in this post even remotely makes sense. There wolves do not have levelx, and you do not level up wolves. They can have Hit Dice (HD) advancement, but that is not the same thing. An increase in HD does mean an increase in CR, but not at a one for one ratio. Wolves, for instance, need an increase of 3 HD before their CR increases by 1. Other factors, such as size increases, can also affect CR. Other monster types also increase CR at a different ratio, such as dragons increasing CR every 2 HD. The advancement section does not mean bonus HD, it means what the HD become. For instance, a wolf's advancement lists 3 HD (Medium); 4-6 HD (Large). A wolf's base HD is always d8, because it is an animal. 3 HD means that the wolf has 3d8+3*Constiution modifier. 4 HD means that the wolf has 4d8+4*Constiution modifier. This means that a wolf can be increased up to 3 HD as a Medium creature, but then at 4 HD, 5 HD, and 6 HD, the wolf is a Large creature. At those levels, the wolf's HD is 3d8+6 (19 hp), 4d8+16 (34 hp) [note that Constitution increases with size], 5d8+20 (42 hp), and 6d8+24 (51). At 4 HD, the wolf becomes a CR 2 creature (+1 for being Large), and at 5 HD, the wolf becomes a CR 3 because of HD advancement. Read the section in the MM on Advancing Monsters for further information