Power Damage per Level?

[kmdietri]

Does anyone know if there is anything in the rules that suggests how much damage a power should do at certain levels.

In case you were thinking of making a custom power.

Thanks

 

[keterys]

You'd think there would be...

But the existing powers suggest otherwise

 

[mkill]

There are guidelines for the power level of powers, but these are internal design rules that the dev team uses. Your best bet is to look at the other powers of the class that you design for and adjust accordingly.

 

[TikkchikFenTikktikk]

I'd start with the Damage by Level tables (with Rules Updates!) on page 42 of the DMG (repeated on p185 in the "Creating Monsters" section).

My personal rule of thumb is that a vanilla power that deals damage to a single target with no other effects should deal expected damage such that it would kill a creature of the power's level in 4-5 hits.

This works pretty well in the heroic tier, but breaks down as you level up. Having powers that do 100s of HP-worth of damage at level 30 would make things pretty crazy.

 

[keterys]

Having powers that do 100s of HP-worth of damage at level 30 would make things pretty crazy.

You mean like almost all of the ranger ones, including Twin Strike?