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<blockquote data-quote="HighTemplar" data-source="post: 4504982" data-attributes="member: 77594"><p>Great question, Like most people who read that power, we all figured something was fishy...</p><p> </p><p>As you said, a monster dealing less damage would be likely to cease attacking unless hes incredibly stupid or bloodthirsty. Here are the two solutions I've though of for the barbarian. First off, the barbarian might realise that the only way he's going to deal massive amounts of damage,is if he's willing to get even more hurt which he might definately agree on. say he does 75 dmg, but gets hit for 100, he still landed 75 dmg, it might have been a high price, but if there's only 2 enemies left, this might have brought the combat to a close and the barbarian might not even really be in danger. My other idea is that if the barbarian is smart, he might want to play bluffs or tactics with his target and toy with him. Like relinquish certain bonuses he has to hit, in order to miss the foe more often. Afterall, this is a lot fo gambling. the monster's decision on retaliating should be made after every attack. If the barbrian seems to deal a lot fo dmg when he hits, but seems to be missing quite often, the monster might be thinking he's winning this thing while after a coupple of rounds tha barbarian goes all out and merks the monster into forfeiting. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Why 50%, does this come from he can either do it, or dont, so two choices, so 50%... nothing is even close from suggesting that both options should be equally weighted(or maybe you didnt want to imply that?).</p><p> </p><p>Rolling might be legitimate, but it also might be very stupid, as you can calculate probabilistically how many attacks are going to be averaged, and those will always be pretty low compared to the huge damage dealing potential that makes this power super duper cool.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HighTemplar, post: 4504982, member: 77594"] Great question, Like most people who read that power, we all figured something was fishy... As you said, a monster dealing less damage would be likely to cease attacking unless hes incredibly stupid or bloodthirsty. Here are the two solutions I've though of for the barbarian. First off, the barbarian might realise that the only way he's going to deal massive amounts of damage,is if he's willing to get even more hurt which he might definately agree on. say he does 75 dmg, but gets hit for 100, he still landed 75 dmg, it might have been a high price, but if there's only 2 enemies left, this might have brought the combat to a close and the barbarian might not even really be in danger. My other idea is that if the barbarian is smart, he might want to play bluffs or tactics with his target and toy with him. Like relinquish certain bonuses he has to hit, in order to miss the foe more often. Afterall, this is a lot fo gambling. the monster's decision on retaliating should be made after every attack. If the barbrian seems to deal a lot fo dmg when he hits, but seems to be missing quite often, the monster might be thinking he's winning this thing while after a coupple of rounds tha barbarian goes all out and merks the monster into forfeiting. Why 50%, does this come from he can either do it, or dont, so two choices, so 50%... nothing is even close from suggesting that both options should be equally weighted(or maybe you didnt want to imply that?). Rolling might be legitimate, but it also might be very stupid, as you can calculate probabilistically how many attacks are going to be averaged, and those will always be pretty low compared to the huge damage dealing potential that makes this power super duper cool. [/QUOTE]
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