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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 7716587" data-attributes="member: 42582">This isn't relevant at all. Stats in Rolemaster go up to 100 (woo-hoo), with bonuses of +25 or more (double woo-hoo), but a 12th level RM PC is more likely to be one-shot killed than nearly any 12th level D&amp;D PC.The numbers on the PC sheet are just elements in the complex series of calculations that make up the mechanical resolution of action declarations. The size of those numbers might tell us something about how complex the calculations are, but it tells us nothing about how easy or hard it is to succeed at an action declaration.Here's a more relevant comparison: in AD&amp;D a 1st level fighter rolls a bigger die for hp than an orc does for damage. And the fighter might get a CON bonus, whereas the orc doesn't get a damage bonus. In 3E, though, the orc's damage die might be bigger than the fighter's hit die (d12 vs d10), and the orc gets bonuses to damage on exactly the same scale as the fighter gets bonues to the hit die roll.If the 3E fighter gets automatic max hp that will make a difference, but that's a separate rule that could easily be used in AD&amp;D as well, and has nothing to do with whether or not the numbers are bigger.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 7716587, member: 42582"] This isn't relevant at all. Stats in Rolemaster go up to 100 (woo-hoo), with bonuses of +25 or more (double woo-hoo), but a 12th level RM PC is more likely to be one-shot killed than nearly any 12th level D&D PC. The numbers on the PC sheet are just elements in the complex series of calculations that make up the mechanical resolution of action declarations. The size of those numbers might tell us something about how complex the calculations are, but it tells us nothing about how easy or hard it is to succeed at an action declaration. Here's a more relevant comparison: in AD&D a 1st level fighter rolls a bigger die for hp than an orc does for damage. And the fighter might get a CON bonus, whereas the orc doesn't get a damage bonus. In 3E, though, the orc's damage die might be bigger than the fighter's hit die (d12 vs d10), and the orc gets bonuses to damage on exactly the same scale as the fighter gets bonues to the hit die roll. If the 3E fighter gets automatic max hp that will make a difference, but that's a separate rule that could easily be used in AD&D as well, and has nothing to do with whether or not the numbers are bigger. [/QUOTE]

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