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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 1778830" data-attributes="member: 1645">Well, it's a question of who's attacking and who's defending.  For a skilled fighter who's already 90% likely to hit his opponent, a +1 means he's 95% likely to hit his opponent.  As I pointed out, that "5% increase" means he hits 1.06 times as often -- which we might call a "6% increase" in hits.  For an unskilled combatant who's only 5% likely to hit that same opponent, a +1 means he's now 10% likely to hit.  That same "5% increase" means he hits twice as often -- which we might call a "100% increase" in hits.My point is merely that "5% increase" doesn't necessarily mean 5% more hits, and that the actual multiplier varies depending on the original to-hit probability.Even without a bell-curve probability distribution, that +1 has much, much less effect for an attacker with a high bonus than for another attacker with a lower bonus (assuming the same opponent).An attack bonus of +37 vs an AC of 47 is the same as an attack bonus of +0 vs an AC of 10 regardless of what dice you roll (as long as it's dice plus bonus vs. AC).</blockquote>