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DracoSuave - <shrugs> It's probably best at this point just to agree to disagree. I feel we're both using a different set of factors to determine value and neither are willing to work within the other's ruleset.
As a side note, I did go back to AV, AV2, and the respective online updates to try...
DracoSuave -
Very valid. Again I think the math is right but in practice it would be fine.
Let's look at your level 6 example. Assume combat per encounter is five rounds. The cost per lvl 6 item is 75g. That's 375g per person that plans to bomb the whole encounter. Comparing that to...
Good points, all of them.
However I'll counter that in actual practice I find it hard to believe there would be substantial abuse.
What I mean is, when I try to put a working scenario where this would be abused, I have trouble. I can't imagine more than 1-2 people in the party using them...
I'm going to go against the grain and say you should add your 1/2 level to the attack. Since the addition of magic ammunition in AV2, using only the bonus listed on the stat block effectively makes these items extremely sub-par.
I threw a few examples together, comparing magic ammo to...