I don't see the problem with shuffling the stats around, this table (it's copied from DMG, p274 if anyone wanna check it out, it's a great balancing tool) exists for a reason.
From my experience, so long you are keeping it as a guideline, you will end up with the same CR/XP value as the MM
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Last edited by Bearhugger; 17/10/20 02:17 PM.