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2e, the most lethal edition?
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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7637995" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>The stat block has them with falchions, but I suppose you could give them a greataxe. Then have them get a lucky 1 in 20 crit. Then have them roll 3 12's in a row. I suppose. I don't see how that's any deadlier than 1e where the fighter rolled a 1 for hit points with no con bonus and then died at 0 hit points like people here are saying they constantly saw in game play.</p><p></p><p>Let's face it. In 3e a fighter got max hit points at 1st level, so even with no con bonus that's 10 hit points, with another 10 hit points for the ability to go to -10. 45 damage is 4.5x the fighters hit point total, dying just over 2x over when factoring in negative hit points. In 1e that fighter with 1 hit point came across an orc with a two handed sword and got hit for 10 damage, taking 10x his hit point total, dying 10x over. It's pretty clear when you are looking at the extremes which is deadlier.</p><p></p><p>3e required a natural 20 and 3 max damage rolls to achieve killing a fighter 2x over. 1e required only a normal hit, one minimum roll(hit points) and one max roll to kill the fighter 10x over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7637995, member: 23751"] The stat block has them with falchions, but I suppose you could give them a greataxe. Then have them get a lucky 1 in 20 crit. Then have them roll 3 12's in a row. I suppose. I don't see how that's any deadlier than 1e where the fighter rolled a 1 for hit points with no con bonus and then died at 0 hit points like people here are saying they constantly saw in game play. Let's face it. In 3e a fighter got max hit points at 1st level, so even with no con bonus that's 10 hit points, with another 10 hit points for the ability to go to -10. 45 damage is 4.5x the fighters hit point total, dying just over 2x over when factoring in negative hit points. In 1e that fighter with 1 hit point came across an orc with a two handed sword and got hit for 10 damage, taking 10x his hit point total, dying 10x over. It's pretty clear when you are looking at the extremes which is deadlier. 3e required a natural 20 and 3 max damage rolls to achieve killing a fighter 2x over. 1e required only a normal hit, one minimum roll(hit points) and one max roll to kill the fighter 10x over. [/QUOTE]
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