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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 7968749" data-attributes="member: 18">That's an interesting one. Let's say a character has two attacks with a 75% chance to hit, and does 1d8+6 damage, and is level 5. They get 3 extra damage dice on the first attack, and their chance to hit goes up to say 87%.Let's look at two rounds:Without True Strike - 1d8+6x2 x0.75 = avg 15.75 first round, same second round. DPR is thus 15.75, total damage over two rounds is 31.5With True Strike - First round damage is 0, casting True Strike, Second round first hit is three extra dice so first attack is 4d8+6 x 0.87 = avg 21.7, second attack is 1d8+6 x 0.75 = avg 7.8, so 21.7 + 7.9 = 29.6.So True Strike is still worse there, than no True Strike.Maybe with d12s?No True Strike Total Damage with d12+6 = 37.5True Strike Total Damage with d12+6 = 37.2Nope. Even with the biggest die you can have, True Strike is still behind in this model.And on paper is looks pretty nasty too. I didn't factor in Crits. Maybe they take TS just slightly ahead? It's going to be by a pretty small margin I reckon though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 7968749, member: 18"] That's an interesting one. Let's say a character has two attacks with a 75% chance to hit, and does 1d8+6 damage, and is level 5. They get 3 extra damage dice on the first attack, and their chance to hit goes up to say 87%. Let's look at two rounds: Without True Strike - 1d8+6x2 x0.75 = avg 15.75 first round, same second round. DPR is thus 15.75, total damage over two rounds is 31.5 With True Strike - First round damage is 0, casting True Strike, Second round first hit is three extra dice so first attack is 4d8+6 x 0.87 = avg 21.7, second attack is 1d8+6 x 0.75 = avg 7.8, so 21.7 + 7.9 = 29.6. So True Strike is still worse there, than no True Strike. Maybe with d12s? No True Strike Total Damage with d12+6 = 37.5 True Strike Total Damage with d12+6 = 37.2 Nope. Even with the biggest die you can have, True Strike is still behind in this model. And on paper is looks pretty nasty too. I didn't factor in Crits. Maybe they take TS just slightly ahead? It's going to be by a pretty small margin I reckon though. [/QUOTE]

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