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<blockquote data-quote="Triangleman27" data-source="post: 4044241" data-attributes="member: 59884">A simple suggestion:By default, beating the target's AC causes damage equal to median of the possible results of the damage die plus any bonuses. Hence, a shortsword would do 3 points of HP damage instead of 1d6, longsword 4 instead of 1d8, etc.Beating the AC by 10 or more causes the maximum possible damage that could result from the damage dice before applying any modifiers(ie. 6 from a shortsword, 8 from a longsword).If the modified result of the attack roll is exactly the target's AC, the minimum possible damage is inflicted.In the case of a Critical Threat, the result of the confirmation roll determines the multiplied damage (minimum, medium or max).For the sake of consistency, a similar setup can be easily done for saving throws.Now, this is so simple that I'm guessing someone already tried it- and ran into unforeseen complications. Probably players would be far more concerned with beefing up their To Hit stats and breaking feats like Weapon Finesse.Thoughts?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Triangleman27, post: 4044241, member: 59884"] A simple suggestion: By default, beating the target's AC causes damage equal to median of the possible results of the damage die plus any bonuses. Hence, a shortsword would do 3 points of HP damage instead of 1d6, longsword 4 instead of 1d8, etc. Beating the AC by 10 or more causes the maximum possible damage that could result from the damage dice before applying any modifiers(ie. 6 from a shortsword, 8 from a longsword). If the modified result of the attack roll is exactly the target's AC, the minimum possible damage is inflicted. In the case of a Critical Threat, the result of the confirmation roll determines the multiplied damage (minimum, medium or max). For the sake of consistency, a similar setup can be easily done for saving throws. Now, this is so simple that I'm guessing someone already tried it- and ran into unforeseen complications. Probably players would be far more concerned with beefing up their To Hit stats and breaking feats like Weapon Finesse. Thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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