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Message: <blockquote data-quote="azmodean" data-source="post: 1946238" data-attributes="member: 26590">How did you arrive at the number 4 as the target for getting extra damage?Any thoughts on modifying power attack so it is not totally nerfed by this?Why do you add one to the damage of a weapon for it being masterwork?  The +1 to attack gives you a better chance to deal extra damage already.One handed simple weapons with no modifiers deal 3.5 damage on average (1d6), wouldn't it be better to have the base damage be at least 3?There should probably be a damage penalty for weapons with better crit properties, such as x3, x4, 19+, and 18+ unless you are dropping the crit rules.Here's a slightly more exotic, but easier to keep track of idea.Change the AC equation to 5 + modifiers instead of 10 + modifiers.Only determine the extra damage of your weapon.Deal the extra damage per 5 points the attack roll beats the AC by.If you would have scored a "normal" hit (hit, but no extra damage) with the old system, you would score two units of extra damage with this system.This system makes combat even more lethal, as near-misses in the old system will now deal "half" damage.On the other hand, it makes the damage dealt a smooth progression.If you wanted to really go crazy, you could just divide the extra damage by 4 or five, and assign that much damage per point the AC is exceeded, but that would start getting "funny" with low damage weapons, as well as making small improvements to damage pointless.</blockquote>

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