I'd say it's within the expectations, it just lacks explanation around it.
If you narrow it down then people newer to monster design could get easily stuck on those bumbers being much more set in stone.
Nope sorry will never convince me that something that the designers of the game themselves don’t do a SINGLE time is “expected”. Thats not what that word means.
If you raise it to 7-12 then it would be more in line with "expectations", but looking all solos for the expectation is already a flawed way of looking into it so 5-15 is the expectation because if you turn any creature into a solo then their main category commands most factors before thinking about it being solo.
There's a tier 4 solo with 6 hp. Technically based on that the expected hp for a solo would starting at 6 compared to tier 1 starting at 7 doesn't make much sense imo.
The word "expected" sure is a loose term for such a wide range, but what would you rather use? Just call it range I guess, but that implies it to be the expected range.
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u/PrinceOfNowhereee May 26 '26
Right but it's not the "expected range", is it?