Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Harzel" data-source="post: 7639366" data-attributes="member: 6857506">Sure.&nbsp; FWIW, my vision of arcane casters has always been that they are, generally, reticent to share their (presumably hard-won) arcane knowledge.&nbsp; So at least in my worlds, copying from another's spell book would require considerable persuasion or a very good relationship.&nbsp; Even the potential for an even trade might be viewed with a little skepticism because that entails letting someone else know which spells you know and which you don't.Well, stock zombies are +3 to hit and so were voted Least Likely to Score a Hit by their fellow monsters.&nbsp; And when they do hit, an average damage of 4 doesn't hurt that much if you are 5th level.&nbsp; Skellies aren't much better at +4 to hit and 5 average damage, and are likely to be one-shotted by a level 5 PC. So, yeah, it would take a lot of them to be very scary.&nbsp; OTOH, they should be hitting, for instance, AC 16 at least 1/3 of the time.&nbsp; So a) what do you mean by &quot;almost never&quot; (does 1/3 count as almost never?) and b) what are the PCs' AC values?At level 5, I would think the PCs would be at least +7 to hit, possibly +9 with a +1 weapon.&nbsp; As to the opponent, worst case I would think would be plate, shield, and maybe +2 magical enhancement of some kind, although that seems a bit extreme at this level.&nbsp; Anyway, say AC 22.&nbsp; At +7, you'd hit 30% of the time, at +8, 35% and at +9, 40%.&nbsp; IDK, is that almost never?&nbsp; Maybe someone should cast Bless.</blockquote>[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Harzel, post: 7639366, member: 6857506"] Sure. FWIW, my vision of arcane casters has always been that they are, generally, reticent to share their (presumably hard-won) arcane knowledge. So at least in my worlds, copying from another's spell book would require considerable persuasion or a very good relationship. Even the potential for an even trade might be viewed with a little skepticism because that entails letting someone else know which spells you know and which you don't. Well, stock zombies are +3 to hit and so were voted Least Likely to Score a Hit by their fellow monsters. And when they do hit, an average damage of 4 doesn't hurt that much if you are 5th level. Skellies aren't much better at +4 to hit and 5 average damage, and are likely to be one-shotted by a level 5 PC. So, yeah, it would take a [I]lot[/I] of them to be very scary. OTOH, they should be hitting, for instance, AC 16 at least 1/3 of the time. So a) what do you mean by "almost never" (does 1/3 count as almost never?) and b) what are the PCs' AC values? At level 5, I would think the PCs would be at least +7 to hit, possibly +9 with a +1 weapon. As to the opponent, worst case I would think would be plate, shield, and maybe +2 magical enhancement of some kind, although that seems a bit extreme at this level. Anyway, say AC 22. At +7, you'd hit 30% of the time, at +8, 35% and at +9, 40%. IDK, is that almost never? Maybe someone should cast [I]Bless[/I].[/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]

Verification