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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 7794235" data-attributes="member: 463"><p>Advantage for monsters works great to create a feel of versimilitude while still enabling focused PCs to show off their powers. The STR 19 Ogre with Advantage on grapple rolls vs human sized foes feels tough, and the STR 8 Rogue probably shouldn't bother trying to shove or trip it, but the Raging STR 20 Barbarian PC is going to do a lot better.</p><p></p><p>This contrasts with 3e's (AIR) +4 to Grapple per size category, which made big monsters unbeatable even by focused PCs. IMO that was poor design.</p><p></p><p>Likewise, if an ambush predator is stalking I'm very likely to give it advantage on Stealth roll - it's unlikely to get a '4' but the PP-focused Rogue is still likely to spot it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 7794235, member: 463"] Advantage for monsters works great to create a feel of versimilitude while still enabling focused PCs to show off their powers. The STR 19 Ogre with Advantage on grapple rolls vs human sized foes feels tough, and the STR 8 Rogue probably shouldn't bother trying to shove or trip it, but the Raging STR 20 Barbarian PC is going to do a lot better. This contrasts with 3e's (AIR) +4 to Grapple per size category, which made big monsters unbeatable even by focused PCs. IMO that was poor design. Likewise, if an ambush predator is stalking I'm very likely to give it advantage on Stealth roll - it's unlikely to get a '4' but the PP-focused Rogue is still likely to spot it. [/QUOTE]
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