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Fudging the Numbers in 3ed - Forked from: Why do you keep playing 4e?
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<blockquote data-quote="Stoat" data-source="post: 4618773" data-attributes="member: 16786"><p>To some extent, I'm in the same boat. When presented with a set of rules, my first instinct is usually to follow the rules. </p><p></p><p>More to the point, I never got a good feel for where the numbers should work out in 3.X, and I DM'd it from the beginning. What's a good AC for a CR 5 melee type monster? What about the Will save of a CR 10 mastermind type? How many hit points will keep a CR 15 monster on its feet long enough to be challenging but not so long that the fight drags on? I dunno. I dunno. I dunno.</p><p></p><p>The 4E DMG has a nice table that spells all that out. So far, following that table has yielded good results for me.</p><p></p><p>That said, I always enjoyed statting out 3.X monster to the last skill point. I kinda found it relaxing.</p><p></p><p>Also: I've always figured "Do you stop at a red light in the middle of the night when there's nobody else around for miles?" to be a pretty good way of gauging a person's orientation on the law/chaos axis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stoat, post: 4618773, member: 16786"] To some extent, I'm in the same boat. When presented with a set of rules, my first instinct is usually to follow the rules. More to the point, I never got a good feel for where the numbers should work out in 3.X, and I DM'd it from the beginning. What's a good AC for a CR 5 melee type monster? What about the Will save of a CR 10 mastermind type? How many hit points will keep a CR 15 monster on its feet long enough to be challenging but not so long that the fight drags on? I dunno. I dunno. I dunno. The 4E DMG has a nice table that spells all that out. So far, following that table has yielded good results for me. That said, I always enjoyed statting out 3.X monster to the last skill point. I kinda found it relaxing. Also: I've always figured "Do you stop at a red light in the middle of the night when there's nobody else around for miles?" to be a pretty good way of gauging a person's orientation on the law/chaos axis. [/QUOTE]
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