The Illusion and Broken Promises of “Bounded Accuracy“ in D&D (Rules Lawyer)
Bounded Accuracy article in the Wayback Machine:
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“How Pathfinder’s Math Tells a Better Story - D&D vs PF2e“ (Kaleb Herington):
My old Rot Grub blog:
“The 5e monster creation guidelines are wrong“ (Blog of Holding):
“A (rambling) criticism of bounded accuracy“ (Reddit):
0:00 Intro
4:17 The case for bounded accuracy
10:48 Unprecedented in D&D
13:30 How it works
15:51 Lack of system
18:46 Unbounded bonuses
27:03 Big gaps
32:27 Hard to challenge the party
33:43 Insignificance of leveling-up
36:10 Doesn’t reflect combat skill
38:41 Few magic items
39:52 Weak monsters still become obsolete
41:21 Fights become a slog
44:07 Difficulties adjudicating
47:06 Undermines specialists
49:50 Verisimilitude suffers
51:12 Final Thoughts
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