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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Evil DM" data-source="post: 4417399" data-attributes="member: 23108">Hi folks,I just wonder about the new Execution Axe from here: <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4pr/20080807a" target="_blank">Preview</a>Or to be more specicif, about the brutal property which says:I hope I get my mathematics right this time.A d12 has an expectation value of E = 6.5If I take now the brutal property into account this value rises to E = 7.5Why?Because from the former 12 outcomes (1,2,...,12) you have only 10 left because 1 and 2 are no more possible. These are equally possible. So by the definition from the expectation value I get:E = 1/10 * (3 + 4 + ... + 12) = 75 / 10 = 7.5So the Execution Axe costs the same as the Greataxe from the PH, has the same stats (okay, 2lbs more <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid    :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" /> ) and does 1 point of damage more.Is the power creep beginning?Cheers, Evil DM.</blockquote>