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<blockquote data-quote="elecgraystone" data-source="post: 4556315" data-attributes="member: 74232"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Well, lets look at a fighter that took the bastard sword feat and uses a heavy shield. (It only seems fair to compare fighter to fighter.)</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Tempest has chain, the one handed fighterhad scale and a heavy shield.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">AC goes to the one handed fighter PLUS his ref is two higher.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Tempest does a d8+2, the bastard sword does a d10. So the tempest does more minimum damage, but same max. However that's only with 1[w] damage attacks. From 2[w] on the max damage goes to the one handed fighter.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">And while the enchantment bonus is used for both ends, you only get the special properties of the weapon on the main hand. A +3 frost double sword only frosts on one end making it much less desirable than having it be two weapons both with an enchantment. It's not as much of a bargain if you want something on that second end other than a simple plus.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">SO the tempest fighter loses +1 AC, +2 ref and maximum damage(from 2[w] on) but gets +2 minimum damage, light weapon use and one less check penalty over the one handed fighter when both use a feat for a weapon. I'm not seeing the problem. It looks pretty balanced.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elecgraystone, post: 4556315, member: 74232"] [SIZE=2][/SIZE][SIZE=2]Well, lets look at a fighter that took the bastard sword feat and uses a heavy shield. (It only seems fair to compare fighter to fighter.)[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Tempest has chain, the one handed fighterhad scale and a heavy shield.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]AC goes to the one handed fighter PLUS his ref is two higher.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Tempest does a d8+2, the bastard sword does a d10. So the tempest does more minimum damage, but same max. However that's only with 1[w] damage attacks. From 2[w] on the max damage goes to the one handed fighter.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]And while the enchantment bonus is used for both ends, you only get the special properties of the weapon on the main hand. A +3 frost double sword only frosts on one end making it much less desirable than having it be two weapons both with an enchantment. It's not as much of a bargain if you want something on that second end other than a simple plus.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]SO the tempest fighter loses +1 AC, +2 ref and maximum damage(from 2[w] on) but gets +2 minimum damage, light weapon use and one less check penalty over the one handed fighter when both use a feat for a weapon. I'm not seeing the problem. It looks pretty balanced.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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