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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 5883123" data-attributes="member: 52734">My preference would be 5-10 rounds.I agree that it should take a monster a little bit longer to kill PCs - about 25% longer, so about 6-12 rounds.1-2 rounds.  I think 2 should be "average", but 1 could occur.2-3 rounds, I think 1 would be folly.Depends how long between a player's turn.  In BECMI, after about 7 rounds, combat seemed to get boring.  In 3E, 3-5 seems good.  3 rounds seems way to quick/short.I like the old 1E/2E of max 10 dice, +1/3 the die for each level past that - so a 30th level fighter would be 10d10+60 (3/level past 10).For monsters, I think it should be 10 dice, +/- based on size (say +2/-2 per size category different from Medium), plus up to 2 hp/"level" past 10th.  Not counting creatures with class levels.Max ability score for a medium-sized mortal being should be 19.  Factoring in magic, +6 so a maximum of 25.  That max would be modified by size of the creature and certain supernatural creatures could exceed that as well.Feats -> no bonuses, only new optionsMagical -> no bonus.  There should only be equipment/masterwork bonus, of up to +5I'm hoping we won't be seeing powers in 5E.  Damage-based spells should do no more than 1d6/spell level (assuming 9 spell levels).  3rd+ level spells would use vancian per day limits.  1st level spells would be at-will, with some method for 2nd level spells to be built up to or going off every so often (so a wizard's base spell attacks would be 1d6, with 2d6 every few rounds and higher damage increasingly rarer).Sneak attacks should be something 1x/fight (either as an opening strike or finishing blow), dealing no more than +1d6/2 levelsWarrior-types would deal base weapon damage, gaining additional attacks at higher levels, and perhaps some sort of "combat mastery" that adds a d6 or two to the damage.So, I'd be looking at a 30th level wizard able to do a 1d6 attack at will, 2d6 every 3rd round, and able to drop up to a 9d6 spell [31 damage average] against a single opponent (or 4d6 in a 20 ft. burst) four times a day.A 30th level fighter would get up to 5/2 attacks a round (2 attacks round 1, 3 attacks round 2) that deals 1d8+2d6 damage each (grand total 2d8+4d6/3d8+6d6 [24/34 damage average]).A 30th level (colossal) dragon would have something like 20d8+40 hp (90 hp average).</blockquote>

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