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<blockquote data-quote="Sparrowhawc" data-source="post: 6406917" data-attributes="member: 6782351"><p>I get that we are not privy to the "behind the curtain" reasons for some of the changes. At times, some have clear reasons; changing the AC made sense based on the overall rule changes, i.e. the advent of difficulty checks. Other changes, not so much, i.e. why use CR to determine to hit bonus instead of HD?</p><p></p><p>What Jester points out about the 10th level fighter having a 9 HD equivalent on the monster table as well as your half-orc example are what I would deem inconsistencies within the rule set. In the Half-orc scenario you raise, the NPC has a better chance of striking the opponent by at least 5%, depending on class. Monsters and NPCs with the same number of HD as a PC character had an advantage just based on the numbers in the charts. A 1HD orc always has a better chance of hitting than a 1st level PC. At 2HD the disparity gets larger. </p><p></p><p>To me, these are all inconsistencies. I never said the other rule sets didn't have them, I was just focusing on one I perceive in 5e which is actually, at least to me, flipping the advantage to the PC instead of the monster/NPC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sparrowhawc, post: 6406917, member: 6782351"] I get that we are not privy to the "behind the curtain" reasons for some of the changes. At times, some have clear reasons; changing the AC made sense based on the overall rule changes, i.e. the advent of difficulty checks. Other changes, not so much, i.e. why use CR to determine to hit bonus instead of HD? What Jester points out about the 10th level fighter having a 9 HD equivalent on the monster table as well as your half-orc example are what I would deem inconsistencies within the rule set. In the Half-orc scenario you raise, the NPC has a better chance of striking the opponent by at least 5%, depending on class. Monsters and NPCs with the same number of HD as a PC character had an advantage just based on the numbers in the charts. A 1HD orc always has a better chance of hitting than a 1st level PC. At 2HD the disparity gets larger. To me, these are all inconsistencies. I never said the other rule sets didn't have them, I was just focusing on one I perceive in 5e which is actually, at least to me, flipping the advantage to the PC instead of the monster/NPC. [/QUOTE]
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