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<blockquote data-quote="PeterDonis" data-source="post: 339075" data-attributes="member: 6906">You're not by any chance a software developer, are you? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Well, the standard MM orc does 1d12+3 normal damage with his greataxe, which gives a 50-50 chance of reducing a 1st-level fighter to 0 hp, taking him out of the combat. I agree that's not exactly the same as a finger of death, though.But the enemy also has more defenses to raise against these attacks. For death spells, there's death ward; for multiple attacks, there's damage reduction; for special attacks, there's other stuff. I'm not arguing that combat doesn't get more complex or dangerous at high levels, just that it doesn't necessarily get shorter at high levels.Peter Donis</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PeterDonis, post: 339075, member: 6906"] You're not by any chance a software developer, are you? :) Well, the standard MM orc does 1d12+3 normal damage with his greataxe, which gives a 50-50 chance of reducing a 1st-level fighter to 0 hp, taking him out of the combat. I agree that's not exactly the same as a finger of death, though. But the enemy also has more defenses to raise against these attacks. For death spells, there's death ward; for multiple attacks, there's damage reduction; for special attacks, there's other stuff. I'm not arguing that combat doesn't get more complex or dangerous at high levels, just that it doesn't necessarily get shorter at high levels. Peter Donis [/QUOTE]

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