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<blockquote data-quote="Jaeger" data-source="post: 9287776" data-attributes="member: 27996">FWIW:'Bounded Accuracy' just means that D&amp;D's task resolution mechanic obsensively works the same as most skill based RPG systems.For Example:CP2020 (1993)Task Difficulties:Easy 10+Average 15+Difficult 20+Very Difficult 25+Nearly Impossible 30+5e D&amp;D (2014)Typical DCs:Very Easy 5+Easy 10+Moderate 15+Hard 20+Very Hard 25+Nearly Impossible 30+But as people have noted; There are implementation quirks...Notably because D&amp;D is not a skill based RPG: Which have HP largely fix at character creation. And where players are largely free to choose how their stats and skills improve as they gain XP. (With a generally much, much, flatter power curve than 3-4e D&amp;D.)But 5e like 3-4e D&amp;D is a Level based game; and all your &quot;skills&quot;, and Hit Points, go up at a fixed progression from levels 1-20. (All while still trying to have a bigger power curve than what you would see in a skill based game.)So right off the bat 5e was trying to reconcile some fairly contradictory design paradigms.In my opinion; Their attempts to reconcile how the contradictory design goals of the game work together were not good, and have resulted in the issues many posters rightly point out.They just didn't take the time to properly sort it all out before 5e got kicked out the door...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jaeger, post: 9287776, member: 27996"] FWIW: 'Bounded Accuracy' just means that D&D's task resolution mechanic obsensively works the same as most skill based RPG systems. For Example: [B]CP2020 (1993)[/B] Task Difficulties: Easy 10+ Average 15+ Difficult 20+ Very Difficult 25+ Nearly Impossible 30+ [B]5e D&D (2014)[/B] Typical DCs: Very Easy 5+ Easy 10+ Moderate 15+ Hard 20+ Very Hard 25+ Nearly Impossible 30+ But as people have noted; There are implementation quirks... Notably because D&D is [I]not[/I] a skill based RPG: Which have HP largely fix at character creation. And where players are largely free to choose how their stats and skills improve as they gain XP. [I](With a generally much, much, flatter power curve than 3-4e D&D.)[/I] But 5e like 3-4e D&D is a Level based game; and all your "skills", and Hit Points, go up at a fixed progression from levels 1-20. [I](All while still trying to have a bigger power curve than what you would see in a skill based game.)[/I] So right off the bat 5e was trying to reconcile some fairly contradictory design paradigms. [I]In my opinion; [/I]Their attempts to reconcile how the contradictory design goals of the game work together [I]were not good[/I], and have resulted in the issues many posters rightly point out. They just didn't take the time to properly sort it all out before 5e got kicked out the door... [/QUOTE]

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