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<blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 5787098" data-attributes="member: 1645">Yes, a system where defense (AC) progresses rather than toughness (hp) is much, much more plausible and avoids a lot of contentious discussions about &quot;what's really happening&quot; in the game world.The concern is over how this scales.For characters who are hitting half the time, a one-point to-hit bonus yields a 10-percent increase in hits per round, from 0.50 to 0.55.&nbsp; For characters who are hitting three-quarters of the time, it's less than a 7-percent shift, from 0.75 to 0.80.&nbsp; For characters who are hitting just one-quarter of the time, it's a 20-percent shift, from 0.25 to 0.30.So, setting things up so that the Fighter always hits won't make him that much more powerful than characters who often hit, but characters who rarely hit will feel bonuses and penalties much more.I don't think that's a bad thing, but we need to be aware of it.We also need to pay attention to how the various scores compound one another.&nbsp; A character who gets hit half as often and has twice as many hit points has four times to life expectancy.&nbsp; If he also hits twice as often for twice as much damage, he has four times the offense too, implying 16 times the combat effectiveness -- which actually means he can take on four ordinary guys, due to Lanchester's Square Law.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mmadsen, post: 5787098, member: 1645"] Yes, a system where defense (AC) progresses rather than toughness (hp) is much, much more plausible and avoids a lot of contentious discussions about "what's really happening" in the game world. The concern is over how this scales. For characters who are hitting half the time, a one-point to-hit bonus yields a 10-percent increase in hits per round, from 0.50 to 0.55. For characters who are hitting three-quarters of the time, it's less than a 7-percent shift, from 0.75 to 0.80. For characters who are hitting just one-quarter of the time, it's a 20-percent shift, from 0.25 to 0.30. So, setting things up so that the Fighter [i]always[/i] hits won't make him that much more powerful than characters who [i]often[/i] hit, but characters who [i]rarely[/i] hit will feel bonuses and penalties much more. I don't think that's a bad thing, but we need to be aware of it. We also need to pay attention to how the various scores compound one another. A character who gets hit half as often [i]and[/i] has twice as many hit points has [i]four times[/i] to life expectancy. If he also hits twice as often for twice as much damage, he has four times the offense too, implying [i]16 times[/i] the combat effectiveness -- which actually means he can take on [i]four[/i] ordinary guys, due to Lanchester's Square Law. [/QUOTE]

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