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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 5314038" data-attributes="member: 996">Another consideration is 4e's 'broken math.'&nbsp; That is, without expertise and other 'feat taxes,' monsters pull ahead of PCs over time.&nbsp; So a PC's chance to hit a 1st level monster at 1st level is better than his chance to hit a 15th level monster at 15th level, which is better than his chance to hit a 30th level monster at 30th.&nbsp; If monsters, like PCs, ranged strictly for 1 to 30, then the 'broken math' could be viewed as a way of normalizing PC challenges, such that even 1st level PCs faced some monsters that were relatively 'easy' to hit, even though there were no lower-level monsters and 30th level PCs faced some that were relatively 'hard' to hit, even though there were no higher-level ones.I kinda like the idea.&nbsp; It is, however, blown away by the existance of higher-than-30th-level monsters.&nbsp; Zero and lower level monsters, therefore, would seem to be the corresponding solution to the issue at 1st level.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 5314038, member: 996"] Another consideration is 4e's 'broken math.' That is, without expertise and other 'feat taxes,' monsters pull ahead of PCs over time. So a PC's chance to hit a 1st level monster at 1st level is better than his chance to hit a 15th level monster at 15th level, which is better than his chance to hit a 30th level monster at 30th. If monsters, like PCs, ranged strictly for 1 to 30, then the 'broken math' could be viewed as a way of normalizing PC challenges, such that even 1st level PCs faced some monsters that were relatively 'easy' to hit, even though there were no lower-level monsters and 30th level PCs faced some that were relatively 'hard' to hit, even though there were no higher-level ones. I kinda like the idea. It is, however, blown away by the existance of higher-than-30th-level monsters. Zero and lower level monsters, therefore, would seem to be the corresponding solution to the issue at 1st level. [/QUOTE]

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