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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DeviousQuail" data-source="post: 8053075" data-attributes="member: 7025431">A few years back I GMed a campaign and decided to track some data for the group. It was a combat heavy campaign. The players could expect 3 or more fights in a session. Here is the aggregate for the 5 characters that appeared more than 10 times.<table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Player</td><td>Damage</td><td>Kills</td><td>Blood Loss</td><td>Knocked Out</td><td>Team Killer</td><td>Sessions</td></tr><tr><td>Hunter</td><td>2062</td><td>40</td><td>528</td><td>3</td><td>85</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Open Hand</td><td>2119</td><td>34</td><td>834</td><td>5</td><td>32</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>Evoker</td><td>3842</td><td>63</td><td>176</td><td>0</td><td>103</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>Goliath Bard grappler</td><td>455</td><td>4</td><td>171</td><td>0</td><td>27</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>Devotion paladin</td><td>3124</td><td>43</td><td>1025</td><td>4</td><td>57</td><td>22</td></tr></table>(Team killer is damage dealt to teammates, the rest should be self-explanatory)This data covers from level 1 to 11 and this campaign was pre-Xanathar.Excess damage was not counted. If an enemy had 1 hit point then your crit counted for 1 damage.This is just a snapshot of one table during one campaign but I thought it illustrated nicely how each player contributes in different ways. You've got the numbers above but here's what I saw as a GM:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The Evoker is clearly captured in the numbers. She brought the pain and did everything she could to avoid it herself.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The Paladin is mostly captured in the numbers. High hit points, shield master feat, and aura meant he was the tankiest person around. He would charge in and smite the heck out of anyone and everyone. The only thing missing is the healing he did.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The monk was a hill dwarf whose Dex and Wis never went above 16. Definitely not built or utilized in the way most people would expect for a monk. And yet, he dealt decent damage, put plenty baddies out of their misery, stunned targets, and tanked a lot of damage with only one more KO than the paladin. All of that and he was often the only short rest reliant member of the group.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The Hunter was the best at finishing off enemies at range (strong damage to kill ratio). He also brought some healing, was the scout of the group, and would off-tank as well. Just an all around great contributor.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Then you have the grapple bard. Not great numbers right? Doesn't matter, he was the most encounter destroying thing to have ever sat at my table. The grapples, the control spells, the healing, and the flood of inspirations were devastating. But that doesn't show up at all.</li> </ol>I'm with the OP when it comes to how much I value things like DPR. I find it useful but it'll never tell the whole story for a game like DnD.</blockquote>

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