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Storm Gorgon needs toning down too, and so on. It's striking how little errata there's been to reduce monster power levels (and though there was some errata to increase monster damage in the MM, there's been relatively little of that too). At least they hit the Needlefang Drake Swarm. Other...

Steve Kenson suggested at least 10 points. I'd say that 20 pp for Immunity to Stunned results from Toughness-saves is a reasonable cost. Ganging up on stunned character is counter-genre, but very effective. One solution is to make stunned less of a penalty; e.g., Stunned could be -2 Defense...

Abilities that give large ongoing penalties to saves need weakening on their own. I'm not aware of any recent finds, but of the original save penalty abilities, only Cunning Weapons still seem in need of weakening (to the "for the first saving throw" language used elsewhere. Edit: never mind...

I said "worthless", in that it's not nearly worth the +3 levels over magic armor that it costs. Of course, plenty of armors/weapons/neck slots at levels +3/+4 over basic magic versions are worthless in the same way.

A summary of some changes is here Displacer Armor changed to only last for a turn, making it completely worthless at +3 levels over basic "Magic" armor. War of Attrition, Path of the Storm (Baattlelord of Kord PP daily), and Quickening Order Warlord powers from MP all nerfed. War of...

Today's rules update for the Monster Manual is relevant to this thread: This would be a reasonable change if monsters with auras weren't consistently too strong relative to other monsters already (at least when facing PCs without appropriate resistance). Five Bloodfire Harpies, under this...

I know the Excel spreadsheet track numbers, but it has some limitations. E.g., it will recognize the "Force Field" power but if you have two different Force Field powers as Alternate Powers of each other (e.g., one that's Impervious but affects only you and another that has Affects Others but...

The following resources should be helpful: General Resources: M&M FAQ, M&M errata (1st/2nd printing), M&M errata (3rd printing) Character Creation Examples: Minotaur (a Powerhouse) and Martial Artist (the core book archetype). Two useful spreadsheet-based character builders: Excel...

Your roll can still matter just as much when bonuses get really large; the key is that the DC you are rolling against has to go up commensurate with your bonuses. So if you have 15 higher to hit than you did 15 levels ago, the monsters need to have AC ~15 points higher, not, say 8 points...

This solution is pretty much incompatible with character builder, which is extremely useful for groups that use it. Though I like the idea, it also has a lot of ripple effects given the design of 4e. Something to consider in 5e! My Suggested Math Fix: At levels 5, 15, and 25, characters get...

It seems like you're saying that the amount that you want to raise defenses as opposed to some other use of the resources depends on how high your defenses are already. That's perfectly reasonable, but in the context of a particular character and which defenses to boost, it's not an issue. The...

Indeed, that's the point I was trying to get across. Edit: well, looking at my post, I should have worded this more clearly. Absolute attacks are what count. You can get this directly from a change in defenses, or you can do the percentage of attacks that would have hit that the change in...

To answer my own question (slightly updated the phrasing) You should take +4 to all FRWs. +1 AC negates half of the attacks that would otherwise hit you vs. AC, and +4 FRWs negates only a quarter of the attacks that would otherwise hit you vs FRWs. However, this doesn't mean that you should...

To answer my own question (slightly updated the phrasing) You should take +4 to all FRWs. +1 AC negates half of the attacks that would otherwise hit you vs. AC, and +4 FRWs negates only a quarter of the attacks that would otherwise hit you vs FRWs. However, this doesn't mean that you should...

Endogenous as in endogenous variables :)

Borrowing from another thread: Suppose you currently get hit 10% of the time by AC attacks and 80% of the time by FRW attacks. FRW attacks and AC attacks are equally common (and this isn't because opponents are endogenously targeting you based on what your strengths and weaknesses are; it's...

Absolute damage kills you. Absolute damage kills your enemies. As a decent first order approximation (completely leaving status effects and criticals aside, among other things), calculate the average (expectation of the) damage you deal in a round (factor in the chance to hit). Calculate...

Many people interpret these types of probabilities wrong in making decisions. Suppose you currently get hit 10% of the time by AC attacks and 80% of the time by FRW attacks. FRW attacks and AC attacks are equally common, equally damaging/status effect inflicting, and tend to come in...

They problem with this kind of analysis, though, is that plenty of attacks don't target AC (though it's true that AC is probably targeted ~ as much or more than all other defenses put together, depending on your level). People apply this logic to (incorrectly) argue that you should increase...

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