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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8558297" data-attributes="member: 22779">I'm sorry, but, I don't see the difference.&nbsp; +level means that by and large, success is floating around that 66% chance.&nbsp; Yes, there is variation, I know, but, the baseline is always that 66%.&nbsp; Be more focused and that percent goes up, be less focused and it goes down.Bounded accuracy means the same thing.&nbsp; Success for the majority of tasks is around 66%.&nbsp; At least, that's the baseline presumption.&nbsp; Yup, you can increase or decrease from there, but, it always comes back to 66%.&nbsp; That's what I mean by stealth 4e mechanics.&nbsp; In AD&amp;D, you went from pretty much 0% chance of success at low level (1e thief I'm looking at you, but, also, the base Thac0 of 20).&nbsp; In 3e you went from about a 66% percent chance of success to either 100% or 0% depending on the focus of the character.&nbsp; But 4e and 5e keep the same baseline throughout the levels.&nbsp; Strip out the level bonuses from 4e and the commensurate rise in DC's by level of 4e, and you get 5e bounded accuracy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8558297, member: 22779"] I'm sorry, but, I don't see the difference. +level means that by and large, success is floating around that 66% chance. Yes, there is variation, I know, but, the baseline is always that 66%. Be more focused and that percent goes up, be less focused and it goes down. Bounded accuracy means the same thing. Success for the majority of tasks is around 66%. At least, that's the baseline presumption. Yup, you can increase or decrease from there, but, it always comes back to 66%. That's what I mean by stealth 4e mechanics. In AD&D, you went from pretty much 0% chance of success at low level (1e thief I'm looking at you, but, also, the base Thac0 of 20). In 3e you went from about a 66% percent chance of success to either 100% or 0% depending on the focus of the character. But 4e and 5e keep the same baseline throughout the levels. Strip out the level bonuses from 4e and the commensurate rise in DC's by level of 4e, and you get 5e bounded accuracy. [/QUOTE]

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