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The fundamental math of DnD 5e stays on track all the way through level 20.
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D and D's math doesn't magically stop
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working after level eight. I did a
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previous video talking about the
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fundamental math of the game where the
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game assumes a plus three ability
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modifier at level one and then you
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gradually get up to a plus five modifier
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at level eight and like how important
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that that expectation is to the game.
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But once you get beyond level eight,
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obviously you're not going to be able to
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increase your ability scores any more
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than that because ability scores
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normally cap at 20. There's epic boons
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if you make it to level 20, but we're
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not worried about that for this purpose.
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Proficiency bonus becomes how things
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progress at that point. You're assumed
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to have a plus five ability modifier in
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your primary ability score, but your
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proficiency bonus continues to improve
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and so do the creatures you're fighting.
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So, if you look at the quick monster
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stats table in the 2014 Dungeon Masters
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Guide, you can see that the expected
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armor class of monsters, like it it
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continues to improve every time your
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proficiency bonus is supposed to go up
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by one. So, you maintain perfectly that
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65% success chance on roles where you
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have the maximum possible ability
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modifier. The game's math doesn't assume
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that you have magic items available. It
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doesn't assume that you have ways to
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break the math. And to some degree,
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that's intentional. A magic item in
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fifth edition is intended to be purely
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additive. It's intended to put you above
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the expectations for a character. At the
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same time, all of your spells, your
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class features, all of those things.
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They're intentionally designed as ways
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that you get to break the game in some
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way. So, like if you cast bless and you
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get to add 1d4 to all of your attacks
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and saves, that's you saying like,
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"Okay, I'm expending a resource to for a
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short time have the ability to be above
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where the math expects me to
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