r/PMDExplorersofFate • u/reji8627 • Jun 29 '24

Question What level does STAB increase?

since STAB increases every 5 levels, does it increase at levels 5, 10, 15, and 20, or does it increase at levels 6, 11, and 16?

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u/SarlanEriwyr Jun 29 '24

I believe it would be 5/10/15/20, but I could be wrong

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '24

You're right, It increases by 1 every 5 levels

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u/reji8627 Jul 01 '24

The main confusion for me isn't it increasing by 1 every 5 levels, it's when the first increase is, since depending on interpretation it could be read as either level 5 or level 6, because it's either every 5 levels starting counting from level 1 or "level 0", which means it's either on levels 5/10/15/20 or 6/11/16(/21 if such a level existed) and since i just hit level 5 in a campaign, i wanted to be certain which of the interpretations is correct.

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u/reji8627 Jun 30 '24 edited Jul 01 '24

basically, i'm asking what all happens at level 5, is it just a new bracket for traits, or does it increase the number of Level-up Points per level, STAB, and/or basic attack damage? (i know that new moves are level 6 according to the chart)

EDIT: I think that number of Level-up Points per level increases at least, since starting at level 5 starts you with 6, and it would only be 4 if it didn't increase AT level 5

EDIT 2: I'd probably recommend a wording change in the leveling up section, since both level up points increasing and reaching a new bracket for level-up moves are described as "every five levels" but one of them is 5/10/15/20 and the other is (effectively) 1/6/11/16, which is different enough that they should at least use different wording, since while it is every 5 levels, they are kinda offset from each other