GG's may wish to design an entity for a variety of reasons, either because the options presented to not suit the needs of their Campaign, or perhaps they are wanting to customise a currently available entity to suit the unique aspects of their World.
No matter the reason this section contains guidelines of how we designed our entities in this book, and the rules we used during development. Which may help serve as a benchmark and guide for GG's own works.
This does not mean they need to follow our rules but understanding the rules we used and why we used them, may better assist them in working how they want to break or alter them if that is their desire.
Each Size Category comes with a recommended base size for the Hit Die they use. This can be further modified by the Role Tag granted to the entity. When creating a new entity work out if they are a Spellcasting entity or not and then consult the appropriate Table below, checking how many Hit Dice are needed for that size at their CR, alongside the average HP bestowed without taking into account the entity’s Endurance.
Each Table has cells coloured orange if they are above the average HP for that CR, and blue if they would grant bellow average HP for the CR. This information is there for those wanting more information to assist their customisation choices; in order to alter their entity’s Hit Die size to better suit the level of challenge they want in the Encounter.
| CR | d4 Hit Die | d6 Hit Die | d8 Hit Die | d10 Hit Die | d12 Hit Die | d20 Hit Die |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 8 (24) | 6 (24) | 5 (25) | 4 (24) | 4 (28) | 2 (22) |
| 1/8 | 12 (36) | 9 (36) | 7 (35) | 6 (36) | 5 (35) | 3 (33) |
| 1/4 | 16 (48) | 12 (48) | 10 (50) | 8 (48) | 7 (49) | 4 (44) |
| 1/2 | 20 (60) | 15 (60) | 12 (60) | 10 (60) | 9 (63) | 5 (55) |
| 1 | 24 (72) | 18 (72) | 14 (70) | 12 (72) | 10 (70) | 7 (77) |
| 2 | 28 (84) | 21 (84) | 17 (85) | 14 (84) | 12 (84) | 8 (88) |
| 3 | 32 (96) | 24 (96) | 19 (95) | 16 (96) | 14 (98) | 9 (99) |
| 4 | 36 (108) | 27 (108) | 22 (110) | 18 (108) | 15 (105) | 10 (110) |
| 5 | 40 (120) | 30 (120) | 24 (120) | 20 (120) | 17 (119) | 11 (121) |
| 6 | 44 (132) | 33 (132) | 26 (130) | 22 (132) | 19 (133) | 12 (132) |
| 7 | 48 (144) | 36 (144) | 29 (145) | 24 (144) | 21 (147) | 13 (143) |
| 8 | 52 (156) | 39 (156) | 31 (155) | 26 (156) | 22 (154) | 14 (154) |
| 9 | 56 (168) | 42 (168) | 34 (170) | 28 (168) | 24 (168) | 15 (165) |
| 10 | 60 (180) | 45 (180) | 36 (180) | 30 (180) | 26 (182) | 16 (176) |
| 11 | 64 (192) | 48 (192) | 38 (190) | 32 (192) | 27 (189) | 17 (187) |
| 12 | 68 (204) | 51 (204) | 41 (205) | 34 (204) | 29 (203) | 19 (209) |
| 13 | 72 (216) | 54 (216) | 43 (215) | 36 (216) | 31 (217) | 20 (220) |
| 14 | 76 (228) | 57 (228) | 46 (230) | 38 (228) | 33 (231) | 21 (231) |
| 15 | 80 (240) | 60 (240) | 48 (240) | 40 (240) | 34 (238) | 22 (242) |
| 16 | 84 (252) | 63 (252) | 50 (250) | 42 (252) | 36 (252) | 23 (253) |
| 17 | 88 (264) | 66 (264) | 53 (265) | 44 (264) | 38 (266) | 24 (264) |
| 18 | 92 (276) | 69 (276) | 55 (275) | 46 (276) | 39 (273) | 25 (275) |
| 19 | 96 (288) | 72 (288) | 58 (290) | 48 (288) | 41 (287) | 26 (286) |
| 20 | 100 (300) | 75 (300) | 60 (300) | 50 (300) | 43 (301) | 27 (297) |
| 21 | 104 (312) | 78 (312) | 62 (310) | 52 (312) | 45 (315) | 28 (308) |
| 22 | 108 (324) | 81 (324) | 65 (325) | 54 (324) | 46 (322) | 29 (319) |
| 23 | 112 (336) | 84 (336) | 67 (335) | 56 (336) | 48 (336) | 31 (341) |
| 24 | 116 (348) | 87 (348) | 70 (350) | 58 (348) | 50 (350) | 32 (352) |
| 25 | 120 (360) | 90 (360) | 72 (360) | 60 (360) | 51 (357) | 33 (363) |
| 26 | 124 (372) | 93 (372) | 74 (370) | 62 (372) | 53 (371) | 34 (374) |
| 27 | 128 (384) | 96 (384) | 77 (385) | 64 (384) | 55 (385) | 35 (385) |
| 28 | 132 (396) | 99 (396) | 79 (395) | 66 (396) | 57 (399) | 36 (396) |
| 29 | 140 (420) | 105 (420) | 84 (420) | 70 (420) | 60 (420) | 38 (418) |
| 30 | 160 (480) | 120 (480) | 96 (480) | 80 (480) | 69 (483) | 44 (484) |
| CR | d4 Hit Die | d6 Hit Die | d8 Hit Die | d10 Hit Die | d12 Hit Die |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5 (15) | 4 (16) | 3 (15) | 3 (18) | 2 (14) |
| 1/8 | 8 (24) | 6 (24) | 5 (25) | 4 (24) | 3 (21) |
| 1/4 | 11 (33) | 8 (32) | 6 (30) | 5 (30) | 5 (35) |
| 1/2 | 13 (39) | 10 (40) | 8 (40) | 7 (42) | 6 (42) |
| 1 | 16 (48) | 12 (48) | 10 (50) | 8 (48) | 7 (49) |
| 2 | 19 (57) | 14 (56) | 11 (55) | 9 (54) | 8 (56) |
| 3 | 21 (63) | 16 (64) | 13 (65) | 11 (66) | 9 (63) |
| 4 | 24 (72) | 18 (72) | 14 (70) | 12 (72) | 10 (70) |
| 5 | 27 (81) | 20 (80) | 16 (80) | 13 (78) | 11 (77) |
| 6 | 29 (87) | 22 (88) | 18 (90) | 15 (90) | 13 (91) |
| 7 | 32 (96) | 24 (96) | 19 (95) | 16 (96) | 14 (98) |
| 8 | 35 (105) | 26 (104) | 21 (105) | 17 (102) | 15 (105) |
| 9 | 37 (111) | 28 (112) | 22 (110) | 19 (114) | 16 (112) |
| 10 | 40 (120) | 30 (120) | 24 (120) | 20 (120) | 17 (119) |
| 11 | 43 (129) | 32 (128) | 26 (130) | 21 (126) | 18 (126) |
| 12 | 45 (135) | 34 (136) | 27 (135) | 23 (138) | 19 (133) |
| 13 | 48 (144) | 36 (144) | 29 (145) | 24 (144) | 21 (147) |
| 14 | 51 (153) | 38 (152) | 30 (150) | 25 (150) | 22 (154) |
| 15 | 53 (159) | 40 (160) | 32 (160) | 27 (162) | 23 (161) |
| 16 | 56 (168) | 42 (168) | 34 (170) | 28 (168) | 24 (168) |
| 17 | 59 (177) | 44 (176) | 35 (175) | 29 (174) | 25 (175) |
| 18 | 61 (183) | 46 (184) | 37 (185) | 31 (186) | 26 (182) |
| 19 | 64 (192) | 48 (192) | 38 (190) | 32 (192) | 27 (189) |
| 20 | 67 (201) | 50 (200) | 40 (200) | 33 (198) | 29 (203) |
| 21 | 69 (207) | 52 (208) | 42 (210) | 35 (210) | 30 (210) |
| 22 | 72 (216) | 54 (216) | 43 (215) | 36 (216) | 31 (217) |
| 23 | 75 (225) | 56 (224) | 45 (225) | 37 (222) | 32 (224) |
| 24 | 77 (231) | 58 (232) | 46 (230) | 39 (234) | 33 (231) |
| 25 | 80 (240) | 60 (240) | 48 (240) | 40 (240) | 34 (238) |
| 26 | 83 (249) | 62 (248) | 50 (250) | 41 (246) | 35 (245) |
| 27 | 85 (255) | 64 (256) | 51 (255) | 43 (258) | 37 (259) |
| 28 | 88 (264) | 66 (264) | 53 (265) | 44 (264) | 38 (266) |
| 29 | 93 (279) | 70 (280) | 56 (280) | 47 (282) | 40 (280) |
| 30 | 107 (321) | 80 (320) | 64 (320) | 53 (318) | 46 (322) |
When creating an entity, work out what CR it is desired the entity should be. From there, we advise the total of all six Trait Values added together is no greater than the Trait Total for that CR (see below), with no single Trait beign greater than the Maximum Trait Value for that CR.
The Trait Total and Maximum Trait Value both do not take into account the additional Trait modifiers added due to the entity's Size Category, so we advise adding them to the entity after working out their Trait Values here.
If the Total Trait Value is at least 5 less than the listed recommendation for its CR, increase the Maximum Trait Value by 1, if it is 10 less than the listed recommendation, instead increase the Maximum Trait Value by 2.
| CR | Trait Total | Maximum Trait Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | -6 | 2 |
| 1/8 | -4 | 2 |
| 1/4 | -2 | 2 |
| 1/2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 9 | 4 |
| 6 | 10 | 4 |
| 7 | 11 | 4 |
| 8 | 12 | 4 |
| 9 | 13 | 5 |
| 10 | 14 | 5 |
| 11 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 18 | 5 |
| 13 | 20 | 6 |
| 14 | 22 | 6 |
| 15 | 24 | 6 |
| 16 | 26 | 7 |
| 17 | 28 | 7 |
| 18 | 30 | 7 |
| 19 | 32 | 8 |
| 20 | 34 | 8 |
| 21 | 35 | 8 |
| 22 | 36 | 9 |
| 23 | 37 | 9 |
| 24 | 38 | 9 |
| 25 | 40 | 10 |
| 26 | 42 | 10 |
| 27 | 44 | 10 |
| 28 | 46 | 11 |
| 29 | 48 | 12 |
| 30 | 50 | 13 |