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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 5046603" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>Now that I have access to more of my books, I'll answer this one.</p><p></p><p>When 4E was first announced, there was a claim by WotC that there would be very few bonuses to hit due to the way that got out of hand in 3.5. There is a curve for 4E for most PCs versus most defenses of monsters they will run into at their level and bonuses to hit disrupt that curve. And for the most part, the PHB followed this.</p><p></p><p>Then, as an example, Martial Power came out and there are about a half dozen bonus to attack roll feats (more in PHB II, more in Arcane Powers, etc.). Granted, many of them are specific to a given class or given race and/or given condition, but they exist. There's about 50 feats that do this and many are untyped bonuses. PHB III is going to come out. How many more will exist?</p><p></p><p>And this does not include powers, items, or racial/class abilities.</p><p></p><p>Now granted, some of this might be in response to the "high level to hit" math bug. But, the various Expertise feats seem to handle this, so I'm not sure why there are so many others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 5046603, member: 2011"] Now that I have access to more of my books, I'll answer this one. When 4E was first announced, there was a claim by WotC that there would be very few bonuses to hit due to the way that got out of hand in 3.5. There is a curve for 4E for most PCs versus most defenses of monsters they will run into at their level and bonuses to hit disrupt that curve. And for the most part, the PHB followed this. Then, as an example, Martial Power came out and there are about a half dozen bonus to attack roll feats (more in PHB II, more in Arcane Powers, etc.). Granted, many of them are specific to a given class or given race and/or given condition, but they exist. There's about 50 feats that do this and many are untyped bonuses. PHB III is going to come out. How many more will exist? And this does not include powers, items, or racial/class abilities. Now granted, some of this might be in response to the "high level to hit" math bug. But, the various Expertise feats seem to handle this, so I'm not sure why there are so many others. [/QUOTE]
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