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Algebraically (?) He is correct - if you take the comparison between the two values of damage per Short Rest of D*A*R*C*H (where A=Attack per Round, D=Damage, R=Rounds per Combat, C=Combat per Short Rest, and H=Chance to Hit) and compare GWM vs +1 ASI - you get the following equation GWM is...

There's actually a tremendous amount of sliders involved here considering weighting. Resource economy (less resting), Player competence, Party make-up (Lots of support characters vs non-support), enemy AC, Flying enemies (no good for GWM), Enemy debuffs, GM combat competence.....and so on...

My calculations assume literal use of SD for precision purposes (Namely that the player only ever uses SD when there is a 1-3 point difference in AC over 40 attacks (rough) between short rests), not average. Using simple algorithms, against a range of non-ridiculous ACs (12-20), and because of...

Actually - should we be talking about DPS "builds" in total damage generated for the whole team, rather than personal? So say we have Sword and Board Seb who knock foes down, giving advantage, and GWM Gwen. If DPR vs AC 16 is (Using arbitrary numbers): Seb no Adv: 20 Gwen no Adv: 30 Seb with...

Just been running some numbers and the output surprised me somewhat……(Disclaimer - this was all done on excel using macros, so none of the calculations will be off, only the base assumptions) The Precision Featless Vs Precision GWM can be viewed very simply by focusing on Total Damage per short...

Wouldn't you have to estimate the % of time there was another enemy within 5ft when you drop an enemy to zero to get a rough estimate?

I don't necessarily disagree - I think there is always a risk with add on abilities like feats (and to be fair, in spell choices occasionally), where there can be a feeling of being corralled. I know when I was listening to the penny arcade podcasts around the playtest launch I was quote excited...

Well - you could argue that by legislating primarily for extreme examples or powergaming parties, you actually diminish the excitement for an average player who takes only part of a feat powerchain, or discovers only one application of ability combinations that's highly situational. For...

As we're deep in the maths here, quick question...... I've just been running out some numbers and I'm getting something really fantastic falling out of them. And I'm convinced I'm missing a variable...... Right so we are comparing 2 Fighters at level 11 SeB) Sword & Board: Duelist Fighting...

Seems to me the constant GWM argument is similar to shopping on Amazon...... You may well be able to find almost everything on Amazon cheaper than going out and buying it, anything from 40% off, to just a few pennies cheaper. However, there are many differing reasons NOT to shop on Amazon: from...

I think you missed the sarcasm......

Odd that....I mean he seems to do plenty of damage, I mean a hell of a lot, and the group is happy to have him there soaking up damage and being cool dancing and flipping through enemies. Seems perfectly good to me..... Also he was raised as an elf, so never learned the crossbow (he thinks it's...

If you want your Fighter to be a whirling dervish Elf who wields two scimitar's (a la Prince of Persia), Two-Weapon Fighting is by far and away the best choice.

Correct. Couple this with the Tavern Brawler feat, and a grappling rogue with a bonkers Athletics score (Expertise, man!) can sneak attack, grab, drop (via Shove) and pin almost anything (Because of opposed rolls, your chances are increased depending on the opponents Athletics, which many...

Firstly - I admire your restraint. I've seen a few efforts at a grappler Rogue and they got broken fast (I think I managed to get a level 6 rogue with enlarge to solo grapple-kill a CR8 Frost Giant for the loss of about half hitpoints. I'm always a little leary of giving players a helpful...

Couple of quick ideas, though it does require bending he fluff in the PHB a little to fit.... 1) Ruckus from X-man - totally not funny. 2) I made a Drow Bard captured individual sounds and wove them into spells - he was also a mercenary captain who's entire team had been double crossed and only...

That's kinda 2 points. 1) Dismissing it as a non-issue objectively (as opposed to "I haven't seen come across this" or "Not really noticed" which is just a subjective summation of experience and opinion) isn't fair play. However, I would say there is still a decent amount of bleed over from...

I genuinely don't think most people realise a lot of the time, such is the joy of language. Also the internet isn't great for expansive caveat filled posts about how and why we are saying what we say. As I said, you can get a whole thread that sounds like someone saying "You are wrong", and what...

I think there's a lot of overlapping intentions at play when a thread gets this long and people are crossing opinion, rebuttal and validation. 1) I don't think anyone is saying anyone shouldn't houserule this variant if you want it. The conflict arises because the explanations people have for...

I don't really watch Law & Order, but looking him up, I'd say if you're a psychological profiler, you'd probably fall into the character archetype of using Knowledge and study to overcome the world, like a Gil Grissolm or Hermione Granger.....I don't know the character at all though. Well lets...