Are you meant to miss so often?

[Sergeant Hamlet]

My entire party misses constantly. Just lost against a Gnoll warlord because every attack misses. Literally eight attacks in a row, with no damage dealt, and the the gnoll wipes people in a single turn with it's multiattack ability. How are you supposed to win in combat if you can't hit?

[breadman]

turn based games be like

[DYSEQTA]

Perhaps that is not a fight you should be fighting at this time. Maybe you need to find another way to deal with the situation or come back later once you are stronger. "Missing" in DnD is just a generalised term representing a failure to score a palpable hit.

If you are missing constantly with attack rolls then you are failing to get high enough numbers to get past their armour, which is another generalised term for describing how hard you are to hit. If you are failing with magic attacks then they could be failed attack rolls or the enemy is easily making saves against your spells, different spells behave differently.

The bigger the difference in level between you and your opponent the harder it is going to be to hit them successfully no matter what the method. Right mouse click on the guy and choose Examine then take a look at his AC (armour class) and resistance, ability scores, etc.

Also try to think outside the box. Are their environmental elements you could exploit? Are there other strong NPCs around you could convince to help you?

[Sergeant Hamlet]

I just savescummed my way through it. And I'm honestly kinda pissed that it worked.

[Matty101]

If its the fight in front of the cave with the 2 guys from the caravan .....i managed to work through it after a couple of tries, one thing i was thinking of trying if i kept losing was baiting them into the cave next door with the big rolling boulder and blowing the supports.
Could be a possibility if struggling.

[mothballer]

are you making sure your characters are proficient in the weapon they are using? i probably have 1-2 misses a fight

[Sergeant Hamlet]

yes. every character had proficiency with their weapons. every attack was 60+% chance to hit. But still constant misses.

[RACHMANOVSKI]

Originally posted by Sergeant Hamlet:

yes. every character had proficiency with their weapons. every attack was 60+% chance to hit. But still constant misses.

Hmm… what’s your Attack stat looks like? And what weapon do you use?

I always rush buying +1 weapon as soon as possible bumping the percentage to 75%. Since I’m playing Rogue, having advantage + sneak attack bump that odds to 90% odds.

You must actively debuffing enemy lest you have to face their DC raw. You’ll likely to hit a distracted enemy than you do a focused one.

[RACHMANOVSKI]

Tips: turn off karmic dice.

[hannibal_pjv]

Are you sure that you don´t have karmik dice on… I is on default and youshould togle it off.
Every 1/20 is kritical mis in fight so 5% of will mis automatically and if your skill is 60% to hit… You will miss allmost half of your attacks so you should increase your ods by getting advantages that gives you two dies!

[RamzaBehoulve]

Originally posted by Sergeant Hamlet:

My entire party misses constantly. Just lost against a Gnoll warlord because every attack misses. Literally eight attacks in a row, with no damage dealt, and the the gnoll wipes people in a single turn with it's multiattack ability. How are you supposed to win in combat if you can't hit?

At the start, yes. Your job is increasing your success chance through character development, spells and items.

As for that specific fight, you generally can't brute force it unless you are level 5 or higher. You need to be more tactical.

[Vevvev]

I found myself missing a lot so ended up bringing spell casters with spells that gave me advantage, I always take the high ground, etc. Also if a character can do sneak attacks I always try to get them into a flank and have them hide before using it.

Spells like Sleep, Hold Person, Guiding Bolts, and other powers that give your opponent disadvantage or you advantage are very helpful.

[Sergeant Hamlet]

turned off karmic dice first thing

[ChompyRiley]

Originally posted by Sergeant Hamlet:

My entire party misses constantly. Just lost against a Gnoll warlord because every attack misses. Literally eight attacks in a row, with no damage dealt, and the the gnoll wipes people in a single turn with it's multiattack ability. How are you supposed to win in combat if you can't hit?

Have you turned off karmic dice?

[ChompyRiley]

Originally posted by ChompyRiley:

Originally posted by Sergeant Hamlet:

My entire party misses constantly. Just lost against a Gnoll warlord because every attack misses. Literally eight attacks in a row, with no damage dealt, and the the gnoll wipes people in a single turn with it's multiattack ability. How are you supposed to win in combat if you can't hit?

Have you turned off karmic dice?

Oops, sorry, must have posted right after you mentioned you turned it off first thing.

[stretch]

Originally posted by Sergeant Hamlet:

yes. every character had proficiency with their weapons. every attack was 60+% chance to hit. But still constant misses.

In most games I have played that show a chance to hit of 60% it is pretty much a guaranteed miss. No matter how accurate the CTH is supposed to be I would double the amount it is below 100% and you will be closer to the actual results. So for 60% it is 40% below 100% so make that 80% and you get the real result of 20%. This is not based on any proven game mechanic but if you try it you will see for yourself how much more accurate it is than what is displayed. RNG sucks. Dice suck.
Some games give you a CTH which does not take into account almost every defensive ability the enemy has like dodge or evade. I have no clue how this one works to be quite honest but I have found that the more important it is that you land the hit, the bigger the disaster if you miss, or if the game senses it can just irritate the hell out of you by missing then it will do so.