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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 4867151" data-attributes="member: 18280">I am very happy to hear about your promotion to moderator.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  I hope it comes with a benefits package.In this particular case, though, I believe that the pedantry has actual value.  Hussar's statements imply that there is not only no point behind AC at higher levels, but no point to the attack roll as well.  Sometimes hyperbole requires correction, lest the unchallenged statement lead to erroneous conclusions.  As a recent example, my hyperbole about minions was challenged.  That led to an apology, if you will recall.(I might also add that your response was worse form, by far, than what you were responding to.   Especially as it demonstrated that you hadn't even bothered to read before criticizing.)In older D&D, parties of mixed levels were not uncommon (the combat example in the 1e DMG, for example, uses two such parties).  Moreover, the inclusion of henchmen, hirelings, and followers could mean that while Bob the Name-Level Fighter could easily hit the opponents encountered, AC still had relevance for the party as a whole.This is in addition to the prior point, of course, that Bob can now actually chart his growth in some objectively measurable fashion.RC</blockquote>

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