Here’s where I’ll talk about thoughts on the beatdown table. Thanks to a handy pointer, I see the right AC for challenge rating 6 is about AC 15, not 16 or 17. OK. So mote it be. I’m probably not picking the best tactics, weapons, spells, etc. But I’m going to try. Barbarian Without his…
Another thought from the car. Driving home, I was thinking about the somewhat contrived situation where you have achieved total surprise on a high-level character – someone or something with lots of HP. You can certainly roleplay a coup de grace, or a sneak attack, and your GM can say “Yep, you know he dead.”…
OK, gearing up to make The Table. I think I’ll be going with the following columns. Class – self explanatory, but this table won’t deal with multiclassing Race/Specialty notes – things like “half-elf pirate” or “Mountain Dwarf Battlemaster” HP (Effective HP) – I think I might note things like 71 HP (+71 HP due to…