Quickly Identify Monster Statistics

Quickly identify the vital statistics of a single creature worth the provided experience points (XP) or Challenge Rating (CR). Uses the table provided in p. 274-275 of the Dungeon Master's Guide. Accepts Challenge Ratings of 0, '1/8', '1/4, and '1/2' in addition to numbers between 1 and 30. CR is *not necessary* to provide **if** XP is provided.

Usage

monster_stats(xp = NULL, cr = NULL)

Arguments

xp

(numeric) experience point (XP) value of the monster

cr

(numeric) challenge rating (CR) of the monster. Note that this is NOT necessary if XP is provided

Value

(dataframe) two columns and eight rows

Examples

# Identify monster statistics for a known challenge rating
dndR::monster_stats(cr = 4)
#> # A tibble: 8 × 2
#>   statistic    values 
#>   <chr>        <chr>  
#> 1 Challenge    4      
#> 2 DMG_XP       1100   
#> 3 Prof_Bonus   2      
#> 4 Armor_Class  14     
#> 5 HP_Range     116-130
#> 6 HP_Average   123    
#> 7 Attack_Bonus 5      
#> 8 Save_DC      14     

# Or XP value
dndR::monster_stats(xp = 2800)
#> # A tibble: 8 × 2
#>   statistic    values 
#>   <chr>        <chr>  
#> 1 Challenge    6      
#> 2 DMG_XP       2300   
#> 3 Prof_Bonus   3      
#> 4 Armor_Class  15     
#> 5 HP_Range     146-160
#> 6 HP_Average   153    
#> 7 Attack_Bonus 6      
#> 8 Save_DC      15