Nathal
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Hey 5E experts, I'm late to the D&D 5th Edition party and just now really starting to dig into these rules.
I have a few questions and I know there is no better place in all cyberspace to ask!
My overall question is this: Why is the proficiency bonus listed only under the Saving Throws section of Monsters & Foes when it seems to apply to more than a monster's saving throws (if listed at all) and some skills? [edit: Note, I mean only in the SRD online. I'm about to buy the DMG, so maybe I should have read that first? Ha.] The location of the Proficiency Bonus by Challenge Rating chart makes me wonder exactly when it is not applied.
Just to grab one example, the 1/8 CR Bandit. I noticed that this NPC/monster gets a +3 to hit. +1 from the scimitar, and I presume +2 from the proficiency bonus. But do you add the bonuses as given on the Proficiency Bonus by Challenge Rating to every monster's attack rolls as a general rule, or is it a case-by-case decision?
I have a few questions and I know there is no better place in all cyberspace to ask!
My overall question is this: Why is the proficiency bonus listed only under the Saving Throws section of Monsters & Foes when it seems to apply to more than a monster's saving throws (if listed at all) and some skills? [edit: Note, I mean only in the SRD online. I'm about to buy the DMG, so maybe I should have read that first? Ha.] The location of the Proficiency Bonus by Challenge Rating chart makes me wonder exactly when it is not applied.
Just to grab one example, the 1/8 CR Bandit. I noticed that this NPC/monster gets a +3 to hit. +1 from the scimitar, and I presume +2 from the proficiency bonus. But do you add the bonuses as given on the Proficiency Bonus by Challenge Rating to every monster's attack rolls as a general rule, or is it a case-by-case decision?
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