Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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The Guard Captain, and Bugbear Stalker do HUGE damage with Javelins, base of 3d6+Str. How was this figured?
By the designers going "A CR 3 monster has a DPR target of 24, so we'll add damage dice until we reach that target".
It's important to remember that monsters do not need to (and often don't) follow the same rules as player characters for how their stats, attacks, and damage are calculated.
pronouns: he/she/they
Well, the guard captain has decades of experience presumably, and the bugbear stalker is a magically infused creature. They probably just throw it really hard.
He doesn't have much besides the skin on his bones. Me: I'll take the skin on his bones, then.
"You see a gigantic, monstrous praying mantis burst from out of the ground. It sprays a stream of acid from it's mouth at one soldier, dissolving him instantly, then it turns and chomps another soldier in half with it's- "
"When are we gonna take a snack break?"