Option 1 (This is the Rules and Game Mechanics Forum answer): Use the Badger or Weasel stat block. Despite the name, Honey Badgers are more closely related to Weasels.
Going by 2024 rules, I'd go with Giant Badger since you can take the form from the start and it's the bigger and stronger one if you want to use it for combat.
A Badger is a Badger (eg Honey Badger) as far as D&D goes, and they are listed as CR 0. And definitely not comparable to Weasels, which are smaller but still CR 0.
I've just started a Druid and wanted to know what the CR of a Honey Badger would be.
And yes, I'm being dead serious. I want to know to use it in our next session.
A badger is a CR 0, per the monster manual. A giant badger is a 1/4. So probably somewhere in that range.
But if this is a homebrew creature, then it will depend on the stats it has more that what the RAW creature uses.
Option 1 (This is the Rules and Game Mechanics Forum answer): Use the Badger or Weasel stat block. Despite the name, Honey Badgers are more closely related to Weasels.
Option 2 (House Rules/Honey Badger don't care): See this Reddit post The CR rating for the standard badger angered me, So I created a new Badger. Let me introduce to you, the terrifying, the absolutely DIABOLICAL, Honey Badger.
Have fun.
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Going by 2024 rules, I'd go with Giant Badger since you can take the form from the start and it's the bigger and stronger one if you want to use it for combat.
A Badger is a Badger (eg Honey Badger) as far as D&D goes, and they are listed as CR 0. And definitely not comparable to Weasels, which are smaller but still CR 0.
Honey Badgers were named before the current understanding of the species and are scientifically closer to weasels than badgers.
If you think the badger stat block is a better representation in the game, go for it, but I just wanted to make that distinction.
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