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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quartz" data-source="post: 3608502" data-attributes="member: 40552">Not sure how I missed that but I think you're significantly misapplying the probabilities. The chance of succeeding blows actually connecting indeed, as you say, lessens, but the chance of at least one of the blows actually connecting increases dramatically.Let's take the extreme example: the character has 4 attacks, each of which can only hit on a 20. You're arguing that there's only a 1 in 160000 chance of him connecting on all four (quite correct) and so the damage should be very much reduced. I'm saying that there's a 1 in 5 chance of him hitting on at least one attack - the probability of all 4 attacks missing is 0.81). Let's take the example of a character with 4 attacks who would ordinarily hit on a 1 if 1 were not an automatic miss. So she hits on 1, 6, 11, and 16. The probability of all her secondary attacks missing is 9%.Consider the example of a character who hits on 11 and 16 - 50% chance and 25% chance. The probability of both attacks missing is 0.375. 3/8. That means that there's a 5/8 chance of at least one attack hitting.The bonus I suggest adding to the to hit and damage is less than sum of the to hit bonuses and the sum of the extra damage that successful secondary attacks would typically do.Moreover, this is quick and simple, operates at all levels, and provides a trade-off for the loss of the move action.</blockquote>