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Originally Posted by Michael Thayne
This won't be true if some party members (like the Wizard) lack high-damage attacks.
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Those Magery*3d explosions are significant enough for me.
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Also major wound != out of the fight. If it wasn't a face hit, there's a good chance the monster will make the HT roll, and if it fails but it was only one of a horde, delivering the coup de grace vs. dealing with other members of the horde is a real dilemma. And if they don't deliver the coup de grace, it might succeed on the roll to recover at any time.
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IMO, Joe Goblin Bandit doesn't want to die, and is willing to lie down if he knows he is beat, and getting near split in half by some enormous cornfed longshanks with a sword that costs more than your whole village is the gods' own special way of telling you, Joe-me-son, are beat.
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Worthy vs. boss can also make a big, big difference if a monster's HT score is high.
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Sure, and high HT dudes tend to be bosses. Besides, most worthies are pros, if they make an honorable showing they don't need to fight until they are burger. That's how you get to be a pro.