Duelists

Post date: Sep 25, 2017 2:26:33 AM

I realised that a number of characters from Touhou are skilled duelists, but are unsuited to taking on a party. As such, they have a much lower challenge rating than a character who can.

For example, Youmu is a powerful fighter. However, she fights using a sword. While this isn't a problem in the games, where she only ever has to fight a single opponent, in D&D she would be expected to fight a party of PCs based on her challenge rating.

Marisa, on the other hand, has a variety of area attacks and is highly maneuverable, allowing her to more effectively engage a party than Youmu. As such, she would have a higher challenge rating, even if she's worse at a 1v1 fight with a PC than Youmu.

This is why certain characters will have a lower CR than others, despite the fact that they are quite threatening in the games.