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<blockquote data-quote="seebs" data-source="post: 6523856" data-attributes="member: 61529">That varies a lot. If I hit for d6+3 and someone else hits for d10+4, helping them is almost certainly a better choice. Furthermore, the chance of success might be significantly variable, too. If someone has a 50% chance to hit, help gives them a 75% chance to hit, so if I would be at least 25% likely to hit, I might be better off attacking. If someone has a 25% chance of hitting, advantage gives them a nearly-43% chance of hitting, which is a pretty noticeable improvement. It's a little under 20%, so if my damage is comparable, help won't be as good as just attacking. But if their damage is much better than mine, or my chance of hitting isn't even 25%? Yeah, help.Also, can be worth it on things where there's a resource in the attack. Like, if someone's rolling to-hit with a non-cantrip spell, and I am in melee range of their target and can use help, then there's a significant cost for missing, and the help may well be very much worth it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="seebs, post: 6523856, member: 61529"] That varies a lot. If I hit for d6+3 and someone else hits for d10+4, helping them is almost certainly a better choice. Furthermore, the chance of success might be significantly variable, too. If someone has a 50% chance to hit, help gives them a 75% chance to hit, so if I would be at least 25% likely to hit, I might be better off attacking. If someone has a 25% chance of hitting, advantage gives them a nearly-43% chance of hitting, which is a pretty noticeable improvement. It's a little under 20%, so if my damage is comparable, help won't be as good as just attacking. But if their damage is much better than mine, or my chance of hitting isn't even 25%? Yeah, help. Also, can be worth it on things where there's a resource in the attack. Like, if someone's rolling to-hit with a non-cantrip spell, and I am in melee range of their target and can use help, then there's a significant cost for missing, and the help may well be very much worth it. [/QUOTE]

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