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Any decent wizard encounter 1's?
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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 5081135" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>I am not sure you read the DMG. It doesn't state which average they are discussing.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Uh huh. Where exactly does one find "the average constitution of a monster of a certain role"?</p><p></p><p>You made this up, right? <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What might the average be? The DMG does not state.</p><p></p><p>It could be:</p><p></p><p>Str 42 | Con 36, average = 39, +1</p><p></p><p>Dex 26 | Int 3, average = 14.5, +5</p><p></p><p>Wis 18 | Cha 7, average = 12.5, +2</p><p></p><p>resulting in:</p><p></p><p>AC: Level 30 + 12 + 2 = 44 (MM 43)</p><p>Fort: Level 30 + 12 + Str (42-39) +1 = 43 (MM 49)</p><p>Reflex: Level 30 + 12 + Dex (26-14.5) +5 + 2 = 49 (MM 38)</p><p>Will: Level 30 + 12 + Wis (18-12.5) +2 + 2 = 46 (MM 32)</p><p></p><p>But this doesn't make any sense. It does the opposite of the intent.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The only thing that makes sense is either:</p><p></p><p>1) Take the sum of all of the ability scores for the monster, divide by 6 to get the average ability score.</p><p></p><p>or</p><p></p><p>2) Take the highest of each defense pair, sum them, divide by 3 to get the average ability score used to calculate a defense.</p><p></p><p>#2 makes more sense because it determines the current defense on the average defenses for that particular monster, but it looks like they used #1 in some cases in the MM.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 5081135, member: 2011"] I am not sure you read the DMG. It doesn't state which average they are discussing. Uh huh. Where exactly does one find "the average constitution of a monster of a certain role"? You made this up, right? :lol: What might the average be? The DMG does not state. It could be: Str 42 | Con 36, average = 39, +1 Dex 26 | Int 3, average = 14.5, +5 Wis 18 | Cha 7, average = 12.5, +2 resulting in: AC: Level 30 + 12 + 2 = 44 (MM 43) Fort: Level 30 + 12 + Str (42-39) +1 = 43 (MM 49) Reflex: Level 30 + 12 + Dex (26-14.5) +5 + 2 = 49 (MM 38) Will: Level 30 + 12 + Wis (18-12.5) +2 + 2 = 46 (MM 32) But this doesn't make any sense. It does the opposite of the intent. The only thing that makes sense is either: 1) Take the sum of all of the ability scores for the monster, divide by 6 to get the average ability score. or 2) Take the highest of each defense pair, sum them, divide by 3 to get the average ability score used to calculate a defense. #2 makes more sense because it determines the current defense on the average defenses for that particular monster, but it looks like they used #1 in some cases in the MM. [/QUOTE]
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