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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7610590" data-attributes="member: 6779196"><p>This is a very good analysis, I appreciate the feedback. This made me reflect on why the probabilities are <em>so</em> far off, when the ability scores are so close to the average roll of 10.5 + mod + prof. I think part of the problem is that in 5e as written, spell DCs are 8 + mod + prof. In order to properly reproduce those probabilities in an attacker always rolls system, a NAD would need to be <em>14 + mod + prof</em>, not 10.5 + mod + prof. As a result, the caster’s chance of successfully affecting the target is 17.5% higher than I was expecting it to be across all values. This could be fixed simply by making the target number [ability score + 4], but that no longer feels as elegant. Maybe you add prof to all your NADs, and double-prof to NADs of abilities you have prof in saves for? Again, feels less elegant than a simple spellcasting attack against the target’s ability score. I’ll have to noodle on this more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 7610590, member: 6779196"] This is a very good analysis, I appreciate the feedback. This made me reflect on why the probabilities are [i]so[/i] far off, when the ability scores are so close to the average roll of 10.5 + mod + prof. I think part of the problem is that in 5e as written, spell DCs are 8 + mod + prof. In order to properly reproduce those probabilities in an attacker always rolls system, a NAD would need to be [I]14 + mod + prof[/I], not 10.5 + mod + prof. As a result, the caster’s chance of successfully affecting the target is 17.5% higher than I was expecting it to be across all values. This could be fixed simply by making the target number [ability score + 4], but that no longer feels as elegant. Maybe you add prof to all your NADs, and double-prof to NADs of abilities you have prof in saves for? Again, feels less elegant than a simple spellcasting attack against the target’s ability score. I’ll have to noodle on this more. [/QUOTE]
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