Analyzing Alignment in the Pathfinder Bestiary

[Hyper_Antigone]

Hi friends! I wrote a program to do some statistical analysis of attributes by alignment in the Pathfinder bestiary, using an open source monster database. I was interested in seeing if, for example, an Evil monster had a lower Wisdom than a Good monster. The implication in the comic has been that a lower Wisdom is tied to a more violent nature, at least with respect to Belkar.


All
Total Aligned Creatures: 1406
Average CR: 7.27
Average All Stats: 14.09
(Standard Deviation All Stats: 8.24)
Average Str: 18.99
(Standard Deviation Str: 9.64)
Average Dex: 15.02
(Standard Deviation Dex: 6.47)
Average Con: 15.77
(Standard Deviation Con: 8.81)
Average Int: 8.90
(Standard Deviation Int: 14.01)
Average Wis: 13.82
(Standard Deviation Wis: 6.88)
Average Cha: 12.04
(Standard Deviation Cha: 9.77)

Lawful Good
Total Aligned Creatures: 23
Average CR: 12.85
Average All Stats: 21.15
Average Str: 26.52
Average Dex: 12.83
Average Con: 20.22
Average Int: 28.78
Average Wis: 20.00
Average Cha: 18.57

Neutral Good
Total Aligned Creatures: 31
Average CR: 7.37
Average All Stats: 15.95
Average Str: 18.00
Average Dex: 16.42
Average Con: 17.23
Average Int: 13.19
Average Wis: 15.48
Average Cha: 15.39

Chaotic Good
Total Aligned Creatures: 41
Average CR: 9.24
Average All Stats: 17.52
Average Str: 21.71
Average Dex: 15.27
Average Con: 19.05
Average Int: 14.93
Average Wis: 16.63
Average Cha: 17.54

Lawful Neutral
Total Aligned Creatures: 27
Average CR: 9.04
Average All Stats: 17.21
Average Str: 21.67
Average Dex: 15.26
Average Con: 18.37
Average Int: 14.78
Average Wis: 16.26
Average Cha: 16.93

True Neutral
Total Aligned Creatures: 618
Average CR: 5.50
Average All Stats: 11.76
Average Str: 17.90
Average Dex: 14.04
Average Con: 14.79
Average Int: 4.10
Average Wis: 11.99
Average Cha: 7.74

Chaotic Neutral
Total Aligned Creatures: 78
Average CR: 7.22
Average All Stats: 15.40
Average Str: 17.65
Average Dex: 15.96
Average Con: 17.55
Average Int: 11.37
Average Wis: 15.00
Average Cha: 14.85

Lawful Evil
Total Aligned Creatures: 112
Average CR: 9.73
Average All Stats: 16.91
Average Str: 20.31
Average Dex: 16.23
Average Con: 18.13
Average Int: 14.36
Average Wis: 16.13
Average Cha: 16.33

Neutral Evil
Total Aligned Creatures: 201
Average CR: 7.51
Average All Stats: 14.27
Average Str: 18.18
Average Dex: 15.69
Average Con: 13.39
Average Int: 10.17
Average Wis: 14.19
Average Cha: 14.01

Chaotic Evil
Total Aligned Creatures: 274
Average CR: 9.17
Average All Stats: 16.07
Average Str: 20.74
Average Dex: 15.96
Average Con: 16.96
Average Int: 12.21
Average Wis: 15.04
Average Cha: 15.51

Lawful
Total Aligned Creatures: 162
Average CR: 10.06
Average All Stats: 17.56
Average Str: 21.42
Average Dex: 15.59
Average Con: 18.46
Average Int: 16.48
Average Wis: 16.70
Average Cha: 16.75

Neutral
Total Aligned Creatures: 955
Average CR: 6.22
Average All Stats: 12.88
Average Str: 18.05
Average Dex: 14.65
Average Con: 14.90
Average Int: 6.57
Average Wis: 12.93
Average Cha: 10.15

Chaotic
Total Aligned Creatures: 393
Average CR: 8.79
Average All Stats: 16.09
Average Str: 20.23
Average Dex: 15.89
Average Con: 17.29
Average Int: 12.33
Average Wis: 15.20
Average Cha: 15.59

Good
Total Aligned Creatures: 95
Average CR: 9.51
Average All Stats: 17.89
Average Str: 21.66
Average Dex: 15.05
Average Con: 18.74
Average Int: 17.72
Average Wis: 17.07
Average Cha: 17.08

Evil
Total Aligned Creatures: 587
Average CR: 8.71
Average All Stats: 15.62
Average Str: 19.78
Average Dex: 15.92
Average Con: 15.96
Average Int: 11.92
Average Wis: 14.96
Average Cha: 15.16

[Powerdork]

Whole lot of Int-1 and Int-2 outliers ya got there. Curious how the statistics for TN (and as a whole) look without animals and magical beasts like that. Oh, and mindless creatures.

[EldritchWeaver]

Hi friends! I wrote a program to do some statistical analysis of attributes by alignment in the Pathfinder bestiary, using an open source monster database. I was interested in seeing if, for example, an Evil monster had a lower Wisdom than a Good monster. The implication in the comic has been that a lower Wisdom is tied to a more violent nature, at least with respect to Belkar.


Good
Average Wis: 17.07

Evil
Average Wis: 14.96

Verdict: OotS confirmed!

[grarrrg]

Have you factored in approximate populations?

There are a handful of dragons in the world, and about 15 bajillion goblins. So averaging one dragon and one goblin won't necessarily give you a good snapshot of "typical" stats.