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Something I just noticed about all three monsters -- Ice Archon, Spined Devil, and Pit Fiend. AC = Reflex + 1/2 Weapon Die Size. Now, that may seem purely coincidental. But consider this: AC and Weapon Die Size both correlate strongly with Strength. One possibility might be that designers...

For HP, something close, but not perfect, is Con Score * 1/2 Level. Ice Archon: 13 * 9 = 117 Pit Fiend: 26 * 13 = 351 Spined Devil: 14 * 3 = 42 Nope. Untrained, Perception = Wis + 1/2 Level. (Trained, Perception = Wis + 1/2 level + 5, as on the Pit Fiend)

He wasn't reporting on all groups, though. He was reporting on 1 group that hasn't met for 2 months. Even with 6 players making 20 attack rolls apiece, at that rate it's more like 80 years before you'd see such an event. Now, if I were actually playing with a person who did that, I wouldn't...

Hmm... Going off some excel simulation, it would take an average of over 3200 sets of 20 rolls in order to get more than 5 natural 20s. That is, if you rolled 20 times a day every day for 10 years, you should only expect it to happen once. Of course, he only actually describes 4 crits. It...

As to formulas, here are some best guesses so far. While individual formulas may be controversial, I haven't yet figured out a system that works better for both Pit Fiend and Spined Devil without relying on unprecedented, arbitrary bonuses (although, I'll admit, I'm only vaguely familiar with...

There are only a dozen or so Pit Fiends, and there are probably more low-level devils than you could count in a millenium. The benefits of alliance probably far outweigh the risk of being a casualty of war.

humble_minion, consider an 'ally' as someone who agrees that they are your ally. Whether or not they are correct doesn't matter. You can effect them because they trust you. Spies don't complicate the situation, since a) they can forgo any defense they want, and b) the other characters agree...

For being anything I would expect. Consider the +29 Fortitude poison it uses. For a PC to make that check, they'd also have to have fairly large Defenses. Ultimately, the *2 is necessary so they can add Charisma and Wisdom to get Will without throwing everything else out of balance.

Pit Fiend Defenses Extrapolation: Fort = Con *2 + Level = 8 * 2 + 26 = 42 Ref = Int * 2 + Level = 6 * 2 + 26 = 38 Will = Wis + Cha + Level = 5 + 9 + 26 = 40 AC = Dex * 2 + Level + Net Armors and Penalties = 7 * 2 + 26 + 4 = 44 (Edit: This is assuming the 1/2 level isn't considered part of the...