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Since my last spreadsheet posted to the forum received a decent amount of positive feedback, I decided to post another.
In our current campaign, my friend is playing a Bard (who has several +1 buffs/-1 debuffs) and I wanted to see the impact those made during combat so I made a chart to show how increasing Attack Bonus by +1 or decreasing AC by 1 affected the to-hit chance. See the following link:
Pathfinder - Attack and AC Charts
- The first table shows the benefit an attacker receives when increasing their Attack Bonus by +1 against different target ACs.
- The second table shows the benefit of reducing a target's AC by 1 when attacked by different Attack Bonuses.
- Either table can be read backward to get "Defense benefits of decreasing Attack Bonus" and "Defense benefits of increasing AC"
- Both tables are player/enemy agnostic, don't account for other special modifiers, and only show benefits for +1/-1 shifts.
Comments and suggestions are welcome! My last charts were well worded and improved greatly from suggestions people made. Thanks!
-KaptainKrowbar
Curse you faulty clipboard! :blush: Thanks for the catch. URL updated.
Looking at your table it seems that a +1 bonus is most valuable when your chance to hit is minimal.
Looking at your table it seems that a +1 bonus is most valuable when your chance to hit is minimal.
Yup. If, for example, you are only able to hit a target on a 19 or 20, increasing your attack bonus by +1 will allow you to hit on 18,19,or 20 (which is a 50% increase!)
It's logical that the bonus is more valuable when your chance to hit is minimal. When you hit with 3+, a +1 to hit doesn't have a big impact. when you hit with 20s, a +1 to hit doubles your chances
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It's logical that the bonus is more valuable when your chance to hit is minimal. When you hit with 3+, a +1 to hit doesn't have a big impact. when you hit with 20s, a +1 to hit doubles your chances
Yup. For those of us who are mathematically minded, it is quite obvious and logical. However, some people do still benefit from the graphical representation (and I thought it looked cool, to boot!) Getting the specific numbers was interesting, as well.
It's logical that the bonus is more valuable when your chance to hit is minimal. When you hit with 3+, a +1 to hit doesn't have a big impact. when you hit with 20s, a +1 to hit doubles your chancesYup. For those of us who are mathematically minded, it is quite obvious and logical. However, some people do still benefit from the graphical representation (and I thought it looked cool, to boot!) Getting the specific numbers was interesting, as well.
The Math is done very well. I agree with it 100%. It makes perfect sense.
However, I will still complain to the Bard whenever he chose not to sing and I miss by 1 no matter how much the Math proves that he shouldn't have been singing ;-)