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There is a very large disconnect between the CRs of statted creatures in the Pathfinder Bestiary, and the CR guidelines in the "Monster Creation" section of the bestiary. Basically, statted monsters in the bestiary are too strong; sometimes by a little, sometimes by a lot.

Has anyone updated the CRs in the Bestiary to something more appropriate? I find myself doing this on a case-by-case basis as I include the monsters in my adventures, but that is time-consuming, and renders it impossible to look up monsters by CR.

I'm a bit of a noobie to pathfinder, so I am not sure if my instincts here are wrong, or if I should go ahead and adjust monsters which on paper seem unusually strong for their CR.

The problem is the Leopard's damage output. It is a CR 2 creature. On a pounce, it will charge in with 5 attacks at +8 to hit. If the attacks all land, it deals 18-33(25) damage. That number is frankly terrifying at level 2. Its hitpoints and AC seem in line with that of a CR 2 creature.

Even ignoring its pounce and grappling skills, the normal damage for this creature is out of line with the monster creation guidelines in the back of the book(as do the other Felines). So do I just knock its Str+Dex down until it is in line with Table: Monster Statistics by CR?

I guess I'm just coming here for a reality check. Is this monster really too strong or am I overreacting?