The Illusion and Broken Promises of "Bounded Accuracy" in D&D (Rules Lawyer)

Bounded Accuracy article in the Wayback Machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/201407150...

"How Pathfinder’s Math Tells a Better Story - D&D vs PF2e" (Kaleb Herington):
   • How Pathfinder’s Math Tells a Better ...  

My old Rot Grub blog:
https://rotgrub.wordpress.com/

"The 5e monster creation guidelines are wrong" (Blog of Holding):
https://www.blogofholding.com/?p=7283

"A (rambling) criticism of bounded accuracy" (Reddit):
  / a_rambling_criticism_of_bounded_accuracy  

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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