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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Devin Sarter" data-source="post: 7261496" data-attributes="member: 6882729">Why size mods are what they areThe PHB explains size modifier affect attack and Ac Equally so as to cancel each other out. if 2 halflings are fighting, they both have a +1 to attacks and a +1 to hit, so the bonus to hit cancels the +1 to Ac so its as easy for a small character to hit another small Character as it is for 2 Medium characters to hit each other. Similarly, large characters get negatives because it's harder to hit something the smaller it is, but the size adjustments to Ac and To Hit are always equal to keep balance. Sidebar on page 20 of the PHB states:"A Small character gets a +1 size bonus to Armor Class, a +1 size bonuson attack rolls, and a +4 size bonus on Hide checks. The bonus onattacks results from the fact that it’s really relative size that matters indetermining attack chances. It’s no harder for a halfling to hit anotherhalfling than it is for a human to hit another human, because theattacking halfling’s bonus on attack rolls counteracts the defendinghalfling’s bonus to Armor Class. Likewise, a halfling has an easy timehitting a human, just as a human has an easy time hitting an ogre, andan ogre has an easy time hitting a giant."</blockquote>