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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aulirophile" data-source="post: 5405849" data-attributes="member: 86312">Because if you do, your NPC will hit 30% more often then it is supposed to. An average even level monster will hit a reasonable PC defense on a 10+ (same as a PC). You're changing that to a 4+. If that doesn't seem like a ridiculous advantage, then I got nothing. It is the equivalent of putting them against a monster of level+6 in terms of accuracy and damage (since the +6 will also apply to damage, of course). If your NPC was also wearing magical armor your PCs would need 16+ to hit.4e is built around certain assumptions. Here's an analogy for you: if you don't know how a car engine works, don't crack open the hood and start yanking stuff out. Sure someone who knows how a car engine works can often make things run better by opening the hood and changing some things around, but he knows how it works. You're just going to break something. 4e's math is the car engine. If you want to put in the effort to understand it, all well and good, but don't just start yanking on things.</blockquote>