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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Asisreo" data-source="post: 8228266" data-attributes="member: 7019027">Minions will tend to have less HP than their bosses. There are exceptions but the important part is reducing the action economy of the opposing side as quickly as possible. Let's say there are 2 priests and a Gladiator. If the rogue targets the priests, he will easily hit and kill them within a single attack (ignoring actual AC).  If the rogue targets the Gladiator, he will contribute to the kill but the action economy won't change unless he's in kill-range already. Tactically, its best to remove as many opposing characters from the playing field as possible. As someone with higher kill potential, you're more valuable at action denial than just straight attrition. Just like how a wizard is better off casting Hypnotic Pattern than Fireball in most situations except ones with higher Wis saves or where you can actually kill with the spell.Not every attack, every round. This discussion was originally about Damage per Round, yes? Well, the damage per round isolates the average of the attacks per round. And while there's the average, looking at the dispersion of the data also gives a more whole picture of the damage. The reason why is because we can predict or at least control the number of attacks in a round without any complexity from the target's side. The damage dice is also independent of the target and the accuracy is based solely on AC which we've set as an arbitrary constant. We can't predict the average amount of rounds something will last without an idea of the rest of the party, which can be exhausting to set-up and calculate. If the discussion was "How much total damage can we expect from a monk with a party of so-and-so?" or "How many rounds will this creature last if these characters did this while the monk attacked?" Aside:The reason why a single attack with 2d6 isn't the same as two attacks with 1d6 (ignoring crits and accuracy) is because in the first instance, you convoluted the 2 d6 graphs first, then applied the accuracy assignments. In the second instance, you first apply the accuracy assignments then you convolute the adjusted d6 graphs. The difference is that one looks like a triangular shape while the other has a flat shape that then slopes downward linearly. They have the same expected value but they interact much differently.</blockquote>

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