After a long hiatus, and inspired by Iron Kingdoms 5e kickstarter, I’m getting back to the table. I’ll be running a D&D 5e ruleset (because its familiar to most) + Hard Core (HC5e). After re-reading HC5e, the monster CR is throwing me off with the 1/2 cr, and high level crs.
Examples from Monster Manual 5e (MM):
Skeleton (CR 1/4)
AC 10 + 1/ 4 = 10.25 or 2.5? (MM = 13)
HP 10 x 1/4 = 3(2.5) HP - seems fine
Ck / Atk d20 + 1/4 = ?
XP 1/4 x 200 = 50 - seems fine
Of course I would mob these guys up, so would 4 Skeletons bring stats to 1?
Tarrasque (Titan CR 30)
AC 10+30 = 40 AC (MM = 25)
HP 10 x 30 = 300 HP
Ck / Atk D20 + 30 (holy shit!)
XP 30 x 200 = 6000
Should I cage CR from 1 to 10? 20? Looking for some clarification here, my friends.