[citansdnd] Re: unarmed strike
- From: warrl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: citansdnd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:29:31 -0800
I built a level-11 warlord with no armor and Spiked Gauntlets +1 (1d6
one-handed off-hand
Unarmed weapon with +2 proficiency bonus) and compared him against Berrian.
On his melee basic attack or any of his at-wills where *he* attacks rather than
one of his
allies (warlords do that), he would *average* 12 damage. Berrian has 33 hit
points. So,
three rounds. Yes, that is after allowing for misses. Berrian's healing surge
is less than 12
HP, so using it would be a waste.
At AC15 when similarly poorly equipped, Berrian is probably among the
harder-to-hit people
on the team. On the other hand he probably isn't among the toughest.
Meanwhile, Berrian similarly equipped and using Twin Strike and Hunter's Quarry
would
average 8.2 damage per round. The warlord has 83 hit points. It would take
Berrian 11
rounds to take this guy down, assuming he uses no surges. Second Wind gives him
another
20 HP; he also has two uses of Inspiring Word at an average of 30.5 HP each. So
effectively that's 164 HP, or 21 rounds of Twin Strike. Discounting the three
rounds of
healing, 18 rounds.
The expected result of combat is that this guy ALONE takes out Berrian and four
or five
more like him. And a warlord really should never be alone. A barbarian hits
people with his
axe; a warlord hits people with his barbarian.
Encounters, dailies, and utilities? A level-11 character has more of them, and
better ones,
than a level-3 characer. Assume they will tilt things in the warlord's favor.
As if it weren't
already tilted enough.
In comparison, if Berrian were also level 11 there would be only a slight edge
in the
warlord's favor in one-on-one combat. Something that might be fixed by a round
or two of
assistance from another player.
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