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<blockquote data-quote="Mooseberg0620" data-source="post: 7282870" data-attributes="member: 6803979"><p>HAM is a bit more situational as the levels go up. It's not a bad strategy for spending a feat to get a minor benefit and up your str if you have odds. The issue is how common magic weapon damage is going to be. In other editions it was fairly common, but in 5e it could be very uncommon or rather common depending on the campaign. You should still see it a good bit, or you could not. Also part of the appeal of a Polearm is that it lets you deal damage at a further range if you have something like a barb or fighter you can put between the 2 of you. </p><p></p><p>I'd say that the real question is party comp and op. If the game is really hard core and if your role is DPR then GWF is probably better sooner then later. If there is a cleric or Wizard you can get by without worrying (and if there is a cleric then smite away your worries) But if isntead you are expected to be tanking sentinel would likely serve you much better then either since you can essentially lock an enemy down, denying it the chance to even try to hit you. </p><p></p><p>I also went Variant human and IM deciding between shield master and HAM still as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mooseberg0620, post: 7282870, member: 6803979"] HAM is a bit more situational as the levels go up. It's not a bad strategy for spending a feat to get a minor benefit and up your str if you have odds. The issue is how common magic weapon damage is going to be. In other editions it was fairly common, but in 5e it could be very uncommon or rather common depending on the campaign. You should still see it a good bit, or you could not. Also part of the appeal of a Polearm is that it lets you deal damage at a further range if you have something like a barb or fighter you can put between the 2 of you. I'd say that the real question is party comp and op. If the game is really hard core and if your role is DPR then GWF is probably better sooner then later. If there is a cleric or Wizard you can get by without worrying (and if there is a cleric then smite away your worries) But if isntead you are expected to be tanking sentinel would likely serve you much better then either since you can essentially lock an enemy down, denying it the chance to even try to hit you. I also went Variant human and IM deciding between shield master and HAM still as well. [/QUOTE]
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