| | Monster's Correct Hit Dice by Daniel R. Collins (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | For each monster type, a table was given showing normal ranges of abilities, hit dice, and damage, for each possible size category, which many gamers have found to be of great use in designing and converting their own monsters. |
 | | I would strongly recommend that anyone creating their own monsters keep an eye to the actual averages from the Monster Manual -- if you faithfully follow the ranges specified in "How to Create a Monster", you will be generating monsters significantly under-powered compared to those in the core rules. |
 | | However, it is certainly impossible to think that the skills and feats for all the published monsters in these size categories could be revised or errata'd at this time; just make sure that as DM, you don't mistake the EHD numbers as representing "average" D&D monsters. |
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