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<blockquote data-quote="Yunru" data-source="post: 7541428" data-attributes="member: 6780961"><p>Firebolt, or Eldritch Blast? In a complete white room, which would you expect to deal more consistent damage? 4d10 with one attack, or four attacks for 1d10 each?</p><p></p><p>The correct answer is...</p><p></p><p>[sblock]Firebolt, somehow. At least, according to AnyDice: <a href="https://anydice.com/program/12ce9" target="_blank">https://anydice.com/program/12ce9</a></p><p>What's illogical is that it seems counter to the fact that the more times you do something, the closer you approach doing the average damage.</p><p>Which seems to play out on the tables, the means are the same, but Eldritch Blast has less deviation. But when it comes to damage, Eldritch Blast has a 50% chance of doing 13.2 or more as expected, and then Firebolt has a 50% chance of doing 17 or more. What?[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>Can anyone explain why that is?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yunru, post: 7541428, member: 6780961"] Firebolt, or Eldritch Blast? In a complete white room, which would you expect to deal more consistent damage? 4d10 with one attack, or four attacks for 1d10 each? The correct answer is... [sblock]Firebolt, somehow. At least, according to AnyDice: [URL]https://anydice.com/program/12ce9[/URL] What's illogical is that it seems counter to the fact that the more times you do something, the closer you approach doing the average damage. Which seems to play out on the tables, the means are the same, but Eldritch Blast has less deviation. But when it comes to damage, Eldritch Blast has a 50% chance of doing 13.2 or more as expected, and then Firebolt has a 50% chance of doing 17 or more. What?[/sblock] Can anyone explain why that is? [/QUOTE]
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