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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Minigiant" data-source="post: 5865663" data-attributes="member: 63508">To me, it feels that they are flattening the attack/AC curve and balancing everything around HP and damage.More specifically AOE, AVG, and MAX damage.Lets say at level 4, an orcs has ~20 hp. The designers may have it set up where Average Damage is 10, AOE average damage is 6, and MAX combat PC under optimal conditions  deals ~20 damage. This means it'll take 2-3 hits for a level 4 to kill an orc and one turn more if he uses pure area or attack. At level 4, a successful max sneak attack, 2nd level spell, or full power attack can OHKO an orc too.But at level 13, AVG damage is ~25 and AOE is ~20. So every attack kills an orc and AOE kills orcs too.MAX damage is overkill at ~70 damage. But you are fighting 160 hp giants now. AOE damage is too weak. No fireballs and. Whirlwind attack. Go for sneak attack and Disintegrate.So 8 orcs =1 giantLots of weak low level goon: Long battle for parties without AOE PCs.Few equal level standards: Long battle for parties without AVG PCs. One big boss: Long battle for parties without MAX PCs.This is how my homebrew D20 game works but with accuracy rather than damage. Fighting giants without high attack is suicide while goblins slaughter those without multipe attacks.</blockquote>