Randomizing Damage

The monster tables and stat blocks listed in this supplement use static damage values by default for simplicity's sake.

But if you want to add some variety to your monster damage, this chapter will help you to convert your static damage values into randomized damage.

Static to Random

Once you have a monster—be it minion, standard, elite, or solo—it's easy to convert your static damage into randomized damage. Simply follow these three steps:

1. Get the static damage: Find your monster's base static damage value from their profile.
2. Choose an attack type: Decide just how accurate or unpredictable the attack's damage should be—the wilder the attack, the bigger the die you roll.
3. Randomize the damage: Replace the static damage with a dice roll from the Randomized Damage table.

1Get the Static Damage

First, find your monster's normal static damage for their attacks—this is typically listed as part of the monster profile or in the monster template tables.

The GM is creating Gannimor Strax, a ferocious orc pit-fighter who, in battle, dual-wields a battle axe and dagger. As a 5th-level elite striker, the orc deals 14 static damage on a successful hit.

For variety, and to emphasis the different weaponry, the GM wants to use two randomized damage values—one for an axe attack, and one for a dagger attack.

2Choose an Attack Type

Next, decide how unpredictable you want the damage to be—the more careless the attack, the bigger the damage die and the wider the range of possible damage.

There are 7 categories of damage: accurate (d4), predictable (d6), reliable (d8), irregular (d10), volatile (d12), wild (d20), and chaotic (d100). Choose the type that best suits your particular attack.

Gannimor is reckless with his axe and precise with his dagger. To reflect this, the GM chooses to use volatile (d12) axe damage and accurate (d4) dagger damage.

3Randomize the Damage

Finally, look through the Randomized Damage table to find a suitable value based on your chosen damage types.

The GM finds two randomized damage options that are a good fit. Gannimor's profile is updated to replace the static 14 damage with two attack options:

• Attack (Axe): 2d12 + 1 (14 - 13)
• Attack (Dagger): 4d4 + 4 (14 - 10)

Randomized Damage

Dice	Min/Max	Mean	Deviation	Common Range	Randomized Damage
Accurate
1d4	1-4	2.5	1.12	1-4	1d4 + [static damage − 2]
2d4	2-8	5	1.58	3-7	2d4 + [static damage − 5]
3d4	3-12	7.5	1.94	5-10	3d4 + [static damage − 7]
4d4	4-16	10	2.24	7-13	4d4 + [static damage − 10]
5d4	5-20	12.5	2.5	10-15	5d4 + [static damage − 12]
6d4	6-24	15	2.74	12-18	6d4 + [static damage − 15]
Predictable
1d6	1-6	3.5	1.71	1-6	1d6 + [static damage − 3]
2d6	2-12	7	2.42	4-10	2d6 + [static damage − 7]
3d6	3-18	10.5	2.96	7-14	3d6 + [static damage − 10]
4d6	4-24	14	3.42	10-18	4d6 + [static damage − 14]
5d6	5-30	17.5	3.82	13-22	5d6 + [static damage − 17]
6d6	6-36	21	4.18	16-26	6d6 + [static damage − 21]
Reliable
1d8	1-8	4.5	2.29	2-7	1d8 + [static damage − 4]
2d8	2-16	9	3.24	5-13	2d8 + [static damage − 9]
3d8	3-24	13.5	3.97	9-18	3d8 + [static damage − 13]
4d8	4-32	18	4.58	13-23	4d8 + [static damage − 18]
5d8	5-40	22.5	5.12	17-28	5d8 + [static damage − 22]
6d8	6-48	27	5.61	21-33	6d8 + [static damage − 27]
Irregular
1d10	1-10	5.5	2.87	2-9	1d10 + [static damage − 5]
2d10	2-20	11	4.06	6-16	2d10 + [static damage − 11]
3d10	3-30	16.5	4.97	11-22	3d10 + [static damage − 16]
4d10	4-40	22	5.74	16-28	4d10 + [static damage − 22]
5d10	5-50	27.5	6.42	21-34	5d10 + [static damage − 27]
6d10	6-60	33	7.04	25-41	6d10 + [static damage − 33]
Volatile
1d12	1-12	6.5	3.45	3-10	1d12 + [static damage − 6]
2d12	2-24	13	4.88	8-18	2d12 + [static damage − 13]
3d12	3-36	19.5	5.98	13-26	3d12 + [static damage − 19]
4d12	4-48	26	6.9	19-33	4d12 + [static damage − 26]
5d12	5-60	32.5	7.72	24-41	5d12 + [static damage − 32]
6d12	6-72	39	8.46	30-48	6d12 + [static damage − 39]
Wild
1d20	1-20	10.5	5.77	4-17	1d20 + [static damage − 10]
2d20	2-40	21	8.15	12-30	2d20 + [static damage − 21]
3d20	3-60	31.5	9.99	21-42	3d20 + [static damage − 31]
4d20	4-80	42	11.53	30-54	4d20 + [static damage − 42]
5d20	5-100	52.5	12.89	39-66	5d20 + [static damage − 52]
6d20	6-120	63	14.12	48-78	6d20 + [static damage − 63]
Chaotic
1d100	1-100	50.5	28.87	21-80	1d100 + [static damage − 50]
2d100	2-200	101	40.82	60-142	2d100 + [static damage − 101]
3d100	3-300	151.5	50	101-202	3d100 + [static damage − 151]
4d100	4-400	202	57.73	144-260	4d100 + [static damage − 202]
5d100	5-500	252.5	64.55	187-318	5d100 + [static damage − 252]
6d100	6-600	303	70.71	232-374	6d100 + [static damage − 303]
Dice	Min/Max	Mean	Deviation	Common Range	Randomized Damage