Since Pack Tactics only works when allies are nearby, that means the Beowulf's Pack Tactics will present a tradeoff, gaining advantage while losing (or complicating) access to its best ability. This is further complicated by the fact that this creature's most powerful action is an area of effect power that, as written, could also damage nearby allies.

275 indicates you round up the average of Offensive and Defensive CR). This is a serious problem, because if this creature can bite twice in a turn, then its current offensive CR would be 5 (which would fit with its current CR of 3), and a further +1 bonus to its attack would then pump its offensive CR to 6, which could increase its overall CR to 4 (DMG p. This indicates to me that the creature's creator may have intended to give this monster multiattack, as that is where multiattack is usually listed in the stat block of creatures that have it. This makes it somewhat difficult to know what calculations the designer used to determine the creature's current CR.Д¬ritically, the unnamed action appears in the stat block at the very start of the Actions section. Enter the description for your action.ДЄnd a previously mentioned (powerful) area of effect ability that calls for a Wisdom Save, but doesn't give a DC. There is one ability written as:ДЄction Name. The monster's current stack block appears unfinished. The monster's stat block makes this unclear However, this conclusion is complicated by the way the monster's stat block is currently written. Thus, its CR would likely not increase due to Pack Tactics. Since the bite does 17 damage per round, its offensive CR would only be 4 (See instructions in DMG p. If this creature's attack bonus had been +8, this would only be relevant if it used its 'bite' action to damage. However, since this ability is only based on a Wisdom Save, we can safely focus instead on whether an attack bonus 1 higher than its current +7 would result in an offensive CR of 6 or higher (since 5 or lower would result in an average CR of at most (1+5)/2 = 3, it's current CR). 274 for rules on calculating this) and an offensive CR which is difficult to calculate since no save DC is given for its most dangerous ability. This monster currently has a defensive CR of 1 (see DMG p. In the DMG on page 280-281, there is a table of many common features of monsters, and how these features could alter the Challenge Rating (CR).Д®ffect on Challenge Rating: Increase the monster's effective attack bonus by 1.

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