Math nerd proves DnD’s new monsters hit 40% harder, on average

Much has been made of the scarier monsters in the new DnD Monster Manual, with the designers touting the jaw-dropping might of high challenge rating monsters like the Blob of Annihilation. Now one DnD fan and physicist, Tom Dunn, has dunn the math to find out exactly how much stronger the new-and-improved fiends are, comparing monsters that appear in both versions of the tome.