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<blockquote data-quote="Eolin" data-source="post: 3764320" data-attributes="member: 13266">Speaking as a scientist...I think the mainstay of what this discussion shows is simply the variables in 3.5e are not well defined in terms of power, and it is not well defined what the variables should be per level.Notice: AC, hit points, to-hit and average damage per hit can all be very different between two characters of the same level. Even ones of the same class.Especially if they have different ability scores.What I'd love to see in 4e -- and I doubt this will happen -- is, at least for combat, for there to be some known and specified number of stats that directly modify combat.And make it obvious just how important each one is. How much better is +1 AC to +1 HP?And in particular, I'd love to be able to exchange AC for hit points and vice versa.Of course, what I really want is the continued heroization of DnD.Or in the very least, for there to be an easy and off-the-cuff way to compare the power levels of two characters that does not involve some heady math that your typical DnDer can't or won't do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eolin, post: 3764320, member: 13266"] [b]Speaking as a scientist...[/b] I think the mainstay of what this discussion shows is simply the variables in 3.5e are not well defined in terms of power, and it is not well defined what the variables should be per level. Notice: AC, hit points, to-hit and average damage per hit can all be very different between two characters of the same level. Even ones of the same class. Especially if they have different ability scores. What I'd love to see in 4e -- and I doubt this will happen -- is, at least for combat, for there to be some known and specified number of stats that directly modify combat. And make it obvious just how important each one is. How much better is +1 AC to +1 HP? And in particular, I'd love to be able to exchange AC for hit points and vice versa. Of course, what I really want is the continued heroization of DnD. Or in the very least, for there to be an easy and off-the-cuff way to compare the power levels of two characters that does not involve some heady math that your typical DnDer can't or won't do. [/QUOTE]

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