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<blockquote data-quote="Kinematics" data-source="post: 9017288" data-attributes="member: 6932123"><p>Rechecking the Vex math. Also including crits.</p><p></p><p><s>Assume a 1d8 weapon with +4 Dex, for 8.5 nominal average damage per hit. A crit will add 4.5 damage.</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>Average damage at a 60% hit rate with no advantage is 60% * 8.5 + 5% * 4.5 = 5.325</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>Average damage of a hit made without advantage is 8.5 + 5% * 4.5 = 8.725</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>Average damage of a hit made with advantage is 8.5 + 9.75% * 4.5 = 8.939</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>1.67 attacks to land the first hit, and an average of 4 hits made with advantage gives a 5.67 attack window.</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>Unmodified damage over that range is 5.67 * 5.325 = 30.193</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>Vex damage over that range is 8.725 + 4 * 8.939 = 44.48</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>This means a 47% increase in damage.</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>A quick check with other die values shows basically the same gain.</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>Checking at 70% hit rate:</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>Average damage at a 70% hit rate with no advantage is 70% * 8.5 + 5% * 4.5 = 6.175</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>8.4 attacks * 6.175 = 51.87</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>Vex damage over that range: 8.725 + 7 * 8.939 = 71.298</s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s>Improvement: +37%</s></p><p></p><p></p><p>Note: The above are not actually true averages because it's only covering about 50% of all attack scenarios. The other 50% will be lower. Long term average is likely to be +32% and +26% for 60% and 70% accuracy, respectively.</p><p></p><p>OK, Vex is providing more improvement than Graze, though less than immediately obvious because the math actually gets rather complicated when you include all scenarios.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Yeah, this is messed up as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kinematics, post: 9017288, member: 6932123"] Rechecking the Vex math. Also including crits. [S]Assume a 1d8 weapon with +4 Dex, for 8.5 nominal average damage per hit. A crit will add 4.5 damage. Average damage at a 60% hit rate with no advantage is 60% * 8.5 + 5% * 4.5 = 5.325 Average damage of a hit made without advantage is 8.5 + 5% * 4.5 = 8.725 Average damage of a hit made with advantage is 8.5 + 9.75% * 4.5 = 8.939 1.67 attacks to land the first hit, and an average of 4 hits made with advantage gives a 5.67 attack window. Unmodified damage over that range is 5.67 * 5.325 = 30.193 Vex damage over that range is 8.725 + 4 * 8.939 = 44.48 This means a 47% increase in damage. A quick check with other die values shows basically the same gain. Checking at 70% hit rate: Average damage at a 70% hit rate with no advantage is 70% * 8.5 + 5% * 4.5 = 6.175 8.4 attacks * 6.175 = 51.87 Vex damage over that range: 8.725 + 7 * 8.939 = 71.298 Improvement: +37%[/S] Note: The above are not actually true averages because it's only covering about 50% of all attack scenarios. The other 50% will be lower. Long term average is likely to be +32% and +26% for 60% and 70% accuracy, respectively. OK, Vex is providing more improvement than Graze, though less than immediately obvious because the math actually gets rather complicated when you include all scenarios. EDIT: Yeah, this is messed up as well. [/QUOTE]
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