Hi there,
I'm preparing a MapTool dungeon-dive campaign that is starting with one or two PCs. As such, I'd like to have some fun with very low-CR encounters to start them off.
I'm looking at the skeleton and zombie templates, and the Challenge Rating tables have a row for "1/2" HD. What is 1/2 a hit die? I've never seen a hit die of 1/2 for a monster. Bats, for example, are a CR 1/8 monster and their HD is 1d8-2 (which would become just 1d8 if undead). So I don't know what the purpose is of that 1/2 HD row.
Has anyone applied these undead templates to low-CR creatures? I'm wary of the resulting XP being imbalanced. A zombie bat would be CR 1/4 - twice the XP. A skeletal toad (scary, I know), would be CR 1/3 - almost three times the XP.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
- Niilo
1/2 HD is leftover of 3.0 - I don't recall if it was in 3.5 or was removed then. Ignore it.
Good to know. Thanks.