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<blockquote data-quote="Rhenny" data-source="post: 6835381" data-attributes="member: 18333">I think the &quot;20&quot; crit and how a horde of goblins may crit more often than the party crits is perfectly consistent with Bounded Accuracy.&nbsp; In 5e, the designers wanted to make sure that even low level monsters could become a threat against higher level PCs, especially when they swarm/attack in mass.&nbsp; Key point for PCs...try not to fight hordes of foes unless you have a great plan or a means to thin the ranks (using magic, etc.).This is why a 10th level figher might fear taking on 30 goblins alone, or why a normal dragon will not often chance attacking a town/city that has an armed force of archers, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; To me it makes perfect sense.&nbsp; In the dragon's case (or any horrible abomination for that matter), if there were no fear of mass attacks (and the crits that they might inflict), these beasts would be able to attack towns and cities at will..nobody would be safe and these beasts would already have taken over the civilized world.&nbsp; I like that crits happen, even if an unlucky 1 or 2 end up killing a PC from time to time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rhenny, post: 6835381, member: 18333"] I think the "20" crit and how a horde of goblins may crit more often than the party crits is perfectly consistent with Bounded Accuracy. In 5e, the designers wanted to make sure that even low level monsters could become a threat against higher level PCs, especially when they swarm/attack in mass. Key point for PCs...try not to fight hordes of foes unless you have a great plan or a means to thin the ranks (using magic, etc.). This is why a 10th level figher might fear taking on 30 goblins alone, or why a normal dragon will not often chance attacking a town/city that has an armed force of archers, etc. To me it makes perfect sense. In the dragon's case (or any horrible abomination for that matter), if there were no fear of mass attacks (and the crits that they might inflict), these beasts would be able to attack towns and cities at will..nobody would be safe and these beasts would already have taken over the civilized world. I like that crits happen, even if an unlucky 1 or 2 end up killing a PC from time to time. [/QUOTE]

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