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<blockquote data-quote="Graf" data-source="post: 4093242" data-attributes="member: 3087">I agree completely. It makes little story sense. You'd have to hand wave it with something about the rogues &quot;uncanny shooting ability&quot;Still, it makes the rogue stand out.In 3.0 the fighter with their iterative attacks was the best choice when you had some wizard with 9 mirror images wandering around.Now the rogue's go to boy for that.I think you're over emphasizing what the roll means.Just because the wizard is rolling doesn't mean they're aiming.They fireball 20 goblins. Do you really think they're supposed to be targeting every lick of flame in each square, all at once?It's an abstraction.It keeps the players rolling the dice and cuts down on the DM's workload.With the bolder for instance, the boulder isn't &quot;aiming&quot; for the player.It's just rolling along.The &quot;reflex attack roll&quot; totally represents someone diving out of the way.It's just a reflex attack instead of a saving throw because the system as a whole is set up to be streamlined that way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Graf, post: 4093242, member: 3087"] I agree completely. It makes little story sense. You'd have to hand wave it with something about the rogues "uncanny shooting ability" Still, it makes the rogue stand out. In 3.0 the fighter with their iterative attacks was the best choice when you had some wizard with 9 mirror images wandering around. Now the rogue's go to boy for that. I think you're over emphasizing what the roll means. Just because the wizard is rolling doesn't mean they're aiming. They fireball 20 goblins. Do you really think they're supposed to be targeting every lick of flame in each square, all at once? It's an abstraction. It keeps the players rolling the dice and cuts down on the DM's workload. With the bolder for instance, the boulder isn't "aiming" for the player. It's just rolling along. The "reflex attack roll" totally represents someone diving out of the way. It's just a reflex attack instead of a saving throw because the system as a whole is set up to be streamlined that way. [/QUOTE]

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