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GM Prep Time - Cognitive Dissonance in Encounter Design?
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<blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 5192283" data-attributes="member: 221"><p>Using Pathfinder rules: </p><p></p><p>Queen - 80 years old; for the sake of arguement we'll make her 10th level aristocrat, (though I think thats a bit high myself.) She has therefore a BAB of +7. Her strength is 4 (original 10; -6) for a -3 penalty to hit and damage. In unarmed combat she would have a +4 to hit and do 1d3-3 points of non-lethal damage. She also with her constitution of 5 (original 11; -6 ) has a total of 14 hps. </p><p></p><p>The Blacksmith, a level 3 expert in the prime of his life has a BAB of 2, a 14 strength and a 12 constitution. He's going to have a +4 to hit, identical to the queen (who is after all divinely appointed) and do 1d3+2 points of non-lethal damage on a punch. He has 16 hps.</p><p></p><p>It will take the queen 17 rounds of hits, doing 1 non-lethal point of damage each round she hits, to knock the blacksmith out.</p><p></p><p>Assuming he fights back, he knocks her out in about 4 rounds, maybe 5.</p><p></p><p>If we want to model wrestling, the queen has a CMB of +4 and a CMD of 10 (I'm assuming a dexterity of about 2 - it was her dump stat <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ). The Blacksmith also has a CMB of 4 but he has a CMD of 14. Assuming the Blacksmith wins initiative, which is likely considering the queen's dexterity, he puts her in a pin on a roll of 6+ and proceeds to hold her to the ground, knocking her head against the floor or what not, while she struggles to escape. He ends up with a few scratches, but the queen is out in about 4 or 5 rounds again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wicht, post: 5192283, member: 221"] Using Pathfinder rules: Queen - 80 years old; for the sake of arguement we'll make her 10th level aristocrat, (though I think thats a bit high myself.) She has therefore a BAB of +7. Her strength is 4 (original 10; -6) for a -3 penalty to hit and damage. In unarmed combat she would have a +4 to hit and do 1d3-3 points of non-lethal damage. She also with her constitution of 5 (original 11; -6 ) has a total of 14 hps. The Blacksmith, a level 3 expert in the prime of his life has a BAB of 2, a 14 strength and a 12 constitution. He's going to have a +4 to hit, identical to the queen (who is after all divinely appointed) and do 1d3+2 points of non-lethal damage on a punch. He has 16 hps. It will take the queen 17 rounds of hits, doing 1 non-lethal point of damage each round she hits, to knock the blacksmith out. Assuming he fights back, he knocks her out in about 4 rounds, maybe 5. If we want to model wrestling, the queen has a CMB of +4 and a CMD of 10 (I'm assuming a dexterity of about 2 - it was her dump stat :) ). The Blacksmith also has a CMB of 4 but he has a CMD of 14. Assuming the Blacksmith wins initiative, which is likely considering the queen's dexterity, he puts her in a pin on a roll of 6+ and proceeds to hold her to the ground, knocking her head against the floor or what not, while she struggles to escape. He ends up with a few scratches, but the queen is out in about 4 or 5 rounds again. [/QUOTE]
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