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I'm not sure this is all true. Not that the math isn't what you say it is, but rather that it doesn't take into account the various ways to get bonuses to hit, how trivially easy it is to get advantage which amounts to up to the equivalent of +5, etc. It also seems to assume 65% chance to hit...

I edited my post with the info from the 5.5e stuff. It should work fine for you. And I got the magic items wrong. LOL. 1 common and 1 uncommon. I listed the level 11-16 range in my last post.

Are you using 5e or 5.5e? I think the 5.5e DMG has more in it about starting equipment for PCs who start at higher level, which would aid with your NPC. Edit: My 5.5e DMG says it's in the 5.5e PHB. Edit 2: The 5.5e PHB says that at level 5 give 500gp + 1d10x25 GP, plus normal starting...

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The original A Miracle on 34th Street is still hands down my favorite Christmas movie.

Right. We all know the true origin.

You don't want your game to be interesting to your players? As a DM one of the worst things I can look out at is uninterested players.

If Bobby had 197 longswords and the thieves guild stole 62 of them...

The ones around bounded accuracy where they say they don't consider PC numbers, but just PC abilities. edit: Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Bounded Accuracy) "The basic premise behind the bounded accuracy system is simple: we make no assumptions on the DM's...

According to the game designers the game isn't balanced around PC numbers at all. It's balanced around what their powers do.

More or less, yes. Bonuses in 5e don't mean a whole heck of a lot. You'll see the optimizers talk about how +1 gives you a 32%(or whatever) increase in damage, which sounds like a lot until you realize that it's still just +1. Combat averages about 4 rounds and you will hit 1 more time every...

Not even close. It's not about high stats at all. You've never heard the well known phrase, "It's not about the destination, it's about the journey?" Only one of those methods feels like cheating to a lot of us. I'm plenty fine with high stats resulting from the journey of rolling. I'm not...

Someone PICKING high stats rather than rolling high stats. It's not a problem with high stats. If I were in a game and rolled as 12's and you rolled all 18's, I wouldn't care in the least. If I rolled all 12's and you just picked all 18's, I would have a major problem with it.

Nice Strawman. That's something that I never said or even hinted at. It's not the high stats that would be the problem.

Okay, but unless every player is aware and okay with it, it still diminishes everyone else at the table.

If no one cares, then no one cares. I'm approaching it from the viewpoint of one person wanting to cheat their way into better stats. If they have to cheat to do it, then by default the others care. Otherwise it wouldn't be cheating. (y)

I found that to be true in prior editions, but in 5e bonuses from stats don't mean nearly as much. I've not found it an issue to challenge a party with varying stats.

The DM. You're the DM. It's not an isolated thing. If you have 4 players who roll stats and keep the stats they rolled and one person cheats to get those two 18s, two 14s, a 16 and a 12, it diminishes everyone else at the table. It's not about making that person happy by allowing cheating...