After referencing the level and kind of treasure (coins, goods, items) found in the creatures description, roll on the appropriate row and columns of the proper table.

In the case of a creature that cannot use treasure, that generally means nothing.

The monster safeguards or hides its treasure as well as it can, but it leaves it behind when outside the lair.

The level of the treasure is equal to the CR of the monsters in the encounter.

A standard treasure (one that includes coins, goods, and items) requires three rolls, one for each category.

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In this case, the HP for each new monster multiplied by 5 (number of monsters) then multiplied by 1,5 for example (a group size modifier) has to equal the HP of 3 lvl 3 monsters summed.

If you have three level 4 players, create three level 4 monsters.

If you have four players, the boss should have 4x the HP, or 120 HP for a level 2 monster.

Use minions (MMO boss adds) to virtually spread out the damage, use telegraphed attacks that the players can avoid, such as novas and line-attacks with warnings, use AOEs, use spells and abilities that can be counteredinterrupted, and so on and so forth.

Otherwise, they could use a shield, which trades away the better damage of dual-wieldingtwo-handed weapons for increased AC The Fighter earns his extra attacks at levels 5, 11, 16, 20, and this is factored into his Damage-per-Round.

Thats basically what a Champion already is, so I dont think its too out there.

Theres a few places where it looks like the table is off by 2 AC or more, but its just because of a mismatch in exactly when a player is supposed to increase their primary stat modifier, since were still only off by 1 at level 20.

Take the DMGs recommended monster attack progression, and assume that the DM will hand out a total of 5 AC from magic items over the course of the game such that players will top-out at AC 23 3.

Take the DMGs recommended monster attack progression, but do not hand out additional AC from items, and simply assume that players will be able to deal with the increased monster hit chance.

A level 20 monster would have a 65 chance to hit a player with AC 18.

They can probably stretch it out to 2 or 3 fights if they kill monsters before they ever get their 4 licks in, but certainly not the 6 to 8 encounters recommended by the rules.

It should be familiar to veterans of the FortRefWill save, and is quick-and-dirty enough that you can make your mind up on the spot for what the save is going to be as the Wizard casts their spell.

The DPR margin against a level 1s HP is so low that that should actually be 1 DPR.

If you still find this too slow, feel free to reduce them further, with no need to compensate with adjustments to any other stat.

That is, a level 4 monster with a target DPR of 9 can make two attack rolls per turn, dealing 4 damage per hit.

Or even call the first attack roll 4 damage claws and the second attack 5 damage bites or something.

I missed how 4e could construct monsters and this setup reminds me of that.

That is, for a level 5 monster, their DC could be 87 or DC 15 for the hardest ability to save against, and you can downgrade it to DC 12 84 or DC 10 82 to make it easier.

There is a lot of explanation behind the reasoning of the stats used.

In the interest of trying to recapture some of that convenience, I tried to do a rough approximation of how one might do the same for 5th Edition, based on my earlier work.

Shame the 5E designers didnt use simple considerations and math when they made their encounters.

It was super frustrating to see characters getting dropped in 1or 2 hits, so Im done with it.

How weak should my enemies be for a group of 5 monsters equal 3 level 3 monsters, for example I thought about using an equation to discover the main stats (HP and DPR).