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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 8257377" data-attributes="member: 6685730">No need to roll.  Just use the difference in respective scores as a percentage of progress (in d20 increments), and remember that NPCs generally are supporting characters.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Compare allied NPC score to enemy NPC score</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Assume DCs are ten less for the following comparisons, (so a 12 AC is treated as a 2)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">For each point that an attack bonus exceeds an AC, the defender loses 5% of its HP on the attacker's turn</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If an NPC spell DC exceeds the defender's save bonus, the defender fails its save (and damaging spells do average damage)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Close results (2, 1, or 0 points difference) should take the more dramatic outcome before following the above rules</li> </ul>It's not as tricky as it looks:Human fighter attacks armored troll, +5 to hit, but the troll's score is +8 (18 AC).  NPC Fighter does no damage without Advantage or Aid from another character.Wizard casts Suggestion on Reghed, +5 (spell save 15) versus the Reghed's +4 (wisdom save modifier).  DM chooses the more dramatic result, or Reghed fails by default.Human fighter attacks armored troll, +7 to hit versus +4 (14 AC).  Difference of 3 points, at 5% per point, is 15% of HP lost by the troll.But I'm lazy, so I'd just do what [USER=6993955]@Fenris-77[/USER] said.</blockquote>

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