I am looking at a standard action of a goblin cutthroat in page 5 of the master's handbook. I don't understand the following text: "Attack: Melee 1 (one creature); +6 vs. AC." What is being compared against the action class; is it a standard d20 roll+6? e.g. D20 roll = 5 +6=11 and in this scenario the roll is 15 as the action class is 15 for the goblin? If so, I imagine a goblin cutthroat will always have 15 or greater roll for an attack?
A hit is then compared against the AC of the target?
What book is this? I've not seen "vs. AC" before, at least not in the current edition. Master's Handbook is not the title of any official books in the current edition of D&D.
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It's Dungeons and dragons fantasy role playing game starter set. It's a red box with a red dragon and some form of human knight at the front.
If you type it into google and type in starter set red box, you can see the image. It doesn't have a main title, but I know it will be Wizards of the coast.
“AC” doesn’t stand for “action class,” it stands for “Armor Class.” So the d20 roll plus the “attack modifier” (+6) gets compared to the target’s AC to determine if the attack is successful or not.
I am looking at a standard action of a goblin cutthroat in page 5 of the master's handbook. I don't understand the following text: "Attack: Melee 1 (one creature); +6 vs. AC." What is being compared against the action class; is it a standard d20 roll+6? e.g. D20 roll = 5 +6=11 and in this scenario the roll is 15 as the action class is 15 for the goblin? If so, I imagine a goblin cutthroat will always have 15 or greater roll for an attack?
A hit is then compared against the AC of the target?
You're reading rules from the 4th Edition ruleset of the game. The 5th Edition ruleset was released in late 2014 and is the current edition of the game(and the one used in all of the books available on this website). The basic formula of making an attack is pretty much the same, though the wording is different.
An attack roll is made by rolling the 20-sided die, commonly known as a d20, adding or subtracting the appropriate modifiers, and comparing the result against the target's Armor Class, or AC. If the attack roll is equal to or greater than the target's AC, the attack hits. So in the example you're reading, if the Dungeon Master has the goblin make that particular attack against a player's character, the DM would roll a d20, add 6, and compare the result against that character's AC.
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I am looking at a standard action of a goblin cutthroat in page 5 of the master's handbook. I don't understand the following text:
"Attack: Melee 1 (one creature); +6 vs. AC."
What is being compared against the action class; is it a standard d20 roll+6?
e.g. D20 roll = 5 +6=11 and in this scenario the roll is 15 as the action class is 15 for the goblin? If so, I imagine a goblin cutthroat will always have 15 or greater roll for an attack?
A hit is then compared against the AC of the target?
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It's Dungeons and dragons fantasy role playing game starter set. It's a red box with a red dragon and some form of human knight at the front.
If you type it into google and type in starter set red box, you can see the image. It doesn't have a main title, but I know it will be Wizards of the coast.
“AC” doesn’t stand for “action class,” it stands for “Armor Class.” So the d20 roll plus the “attack modifier” (+6) gets compared to the target’s AC to determine if the attack is successful or not.
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Thank you. That makes sense.
Is that the starter set that came out with 4e? No wonder the wording isn’t quite in line with the current rule set.
4E had attacks against AC, Will, and Fort defenses, if I recall.
You're reading rules from the 4th Edition ruleset of the game. The 5th Edition ruleset was released in late 2014 and is the current edition of the game(and the one used in all of the books available on this website). The basic formula of making an attack is pretty much the same, though the wording is different.
An attack roll is made by rolling the 20-sided die, commonly known as a d20, adding or subtracting the appropriate modifiers, and comparing the result against the target's Armor Class, or AC. If the attack roll is equal to or greater than the target's AC, the attack hits. So in the example you're reading, if the Dungeon Master has the goblin make that particular attack against a player's character, the DM would roll a d20, add 6, and compare the result against that character's AC.