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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 5763165" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>I beg to disagree because there is often not just a single bonus in play.</p><p></p><p>As an example, I had an NPC attack with combat advantage in my PBP just this weekend. He rolled a 19 on the die for an effective add of 21 to his normal add. Because of all of the other bonus defensive effects at the time, he hit a slightly above average AC by 3. If the PC attacked had had a +4 AC bonus from the previous round in that round, the foe would have missed with a 19 and combat advantage.</p><p></p><p>It's not just the +4 bonus that's the problem. It's the +4 combined with the the plethora's of +1 here, +5 there, +2 over here.</p><p></p><p>A single +4 in an encounter, yeah I agree with you.</p><p></p><p>But, it's rarely just a single bonus, especially at high Paragon and Epic levels. The example of the 30th level PCs wiping through the 37th level encounter in 4 to 5 rounds is a prime example.</p><p></p><p>If the group does not have a lot of buffing powers and PCs, it's not so bad. But it can easily get way out of hand and WotC doesn't control what type of classes and powers that players at a given table take.</p><p></p><p>Hence, if the designers limited it to +2 or +3 for the vast majority of buffs, the odds of multiple buffs getting to a +8 or +10 total are greatly decrease. One has to look at the entire situation and not just look solely at a single +4 bonus to be mathematically objective about this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 5763165, member: 2011"] I beg to disagree because there is often not just a single bonus in play. As an example, I had an NPC attack with combat advantage in my PBP just this weekend. He rolled a 19 on the die for an effective add of 21 to his normal add. Because of all of the other bonus defensive effects at the time, he hit a slightly above average AC by 3. If the PC attacked had had a +4 AC bonus from the previous round in that round, the foe would have missed with a 19 and combat advantage. It's not just the +4 bonus that's the problem. It's the +4 combined with the the plethora's of +1 here, +5 there, +2 over here. A single +4 in an encounter, yeah I agree with you. But, it's rarely just a single bonus, especially at high Paragon and Epic levels. The example of the 30th level PCs wiping through the 37th level encounter in 4 to 5 rounds is a prime example. If the group does not have a lot of buffing powers and PCs, it's not so bad. But it can easily get way out of hand and WotC doesn't control what type of classes and powers that players at a given table take. Hence, if the designers limited it to +2 or +3 for the vast majority of buffs, the odds of multiple buffs getting to a +8 or +10 total are greatly decrease. One has to look at the entire situation and not just look solely at a single +4 bonus to be mathematically objective about this. [/QUOTE]
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