Dodge-able, Irresistible Afflictions

[Stegyre]

Originally Posted by DouglasCole

Anyway, it was eye-opening to me at the time. As was that in 80% of the cases, QC vs Attack/Defense wasn't that big a deal.

Wait! What?

I did my own (probably far less professional or reliable) comparison, basically computing the odds of success in a quick contest context (measuring the attacker's likelihood of succeeding at anywhere from -5 to +5 of the defender's modifier), and also measuring success percentages for attack/defense rolls. They were nothing at all alike.

This goes along with the common intuition that changing combat from attack/defense rolls to a quick contest makes a BIG difference in how often defenders get hit.

Something's off somewhere. Most likely, I am fundamentally misunderstanding you. Can you re-explain?

(. . . as we pull the thread further O.T.)