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<blockquote data-quote="Scott Christian" data-source="post: 8456867" data-attributes="member: 6901101">I like this, and thanks for showing it. But, it needs context.Fighter A hits one round and misses the next. He does 6 damage to the bugbear which has 23HP. Fighter B hits one round and misses the next. She does 8 damage to the bugbear. The bugbear has taken 14 points of damage, and is now at 9HP. The wizard comes along and casts burning hands at 2nd level. The bugbear fails its dex save. It takes 13 damage. No one at the table complains.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> The entire game, in context, can be skewed so heavily towards spellcasters if the DM does one combat and then a long rest. No one gripes. The entire game, in context, can have such swingy rolls (I mean, I have rolled three 20's in a row before, and maxed out damage on two of those attacks!), but no one gripes.I guess what I am saying is it is a perceived notion, because in combat, things are so swingy, opponents so varied (cleric vs undead anyone), that by the higher levels there is massive disparity between characters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scott Christian, post: 8456867, member: 6901101"] I like this, and thanks for showing it. But, it needs context. Fighter A hits one round and misses the next. He does 6 damage to the bugbear which has 23HP. Fighter B hits one round and misses the next. She does 8 damage to the bugbear. The bugbear has taken 14 points of damage, and is now at 9HP. The wizard comes along and casts burning hands at 2nd level. The bugbear fails its dex save. It takes 13 damage. No one at the table complains. ;) The entire game, in context, can be skewed so heavily towards spellcasters if the DM does one combat and then a long rest. No one gripes. The entire game, in context, can have such swingy rolls (I mean, I have rolled three 20's in a row before, and maxed out damage on two of those attacks!), but no one gripes. I guess what I am saying is it is a perceived notion, because in combat, things are so swingy, opponents so varied (cleric vs undead anyone), that by the higher levels there is massive disparity between characters. [/QUOTE]

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