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In this case, the Air Elemental’s calculated CR is 5, but since their offensive CR is lower, they might be on the weak end of 5. The rest tells you how close that number is to correct.

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The “Target CR” is the one that you’ll find in the Monster Manual and in the stat block. Perhaps even better, you’ll see this right above your stat block: CR Calculations for SRD Air Elemental All the hard, boring parts are done for you. You can make stat blocks that look that nice without ever once needing to manually mark something bold or whatever. Seriously, look at this beauty: Screenshot of Monsterizer stat block for the SRD Air Elemental You don’t even need to worry about formatting. Based on the rules in the DMG (with some changes to address very real math problems in those rules), the Monsterizer does the heavy lifting for you. With the Monsterizer, you can build your monster without opening your Dungeon Master’s Guide once. How many DMs out there have thrown a homebrew monster at your players only for them to walk through it like an open door? Or worse, how many have resulted in a TPK in what you thought would be a fair fight? And even then, one mistake and your CR might be wildly incorrect. Sure, two of them are a gigantic table, but that doesn’t make it better. The rules for doing it span 8 full pages of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. And when you’re trying to build or modify a creature, the math is the scariest part.

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