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<blockquote data-quote="Thurbane" data-source="post: 3026235" data-attributes="member: 43273"><p>Hi, just a couple of quick questions about fighting with a reach weapon.</p><p></p><p>I am wanting to play a fighter who specializes in the glaive, but haven't had much experience using reach weapons...</p><p></p><p>I believe that you can't use a reach weapon when the target is in an adjacent square, unless you use the Short Haft feat from PHBII. Without using that feat (as the game may be a core only game), is my best option to simply keep taking a 5 foot step away from the target before attacking (assuming I'm not flanked or backed up against a wall), or should I have a backup, such as a spiked gauntlet, ready for these situations?</p><p></p><p>Basically I want a fighter who concentrates on dealing damage, with Power Attack, Cleave, Combat Reflexes, WF: Glaive, WS: Glaive and possibly the Whirlwind Attack feat chain at higher levels.</p><p></p><p>Finally, is there much advantage to taking the Great Cleave feat? How often am I realistically going to be taking down foes in the same round?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thurbane, post: 3026235, member: 43273"] Hi, just a couple of quick questions about fighting with a reach weapon. I am wanting to play a fighter who specializes in the glaive, but haven't had much experience using reach weapons... I believe that you can't use a reach weapon when the target is in an adjacent square, unless you use the Short Haft feat from PHBII. Without using that feat (as the game may be a core only game), is my best option to simply keep taking a 5 foot step away from the target before attacking (assuming I'm not flanked or backed up against a wall), or should I have a backup, such as a spiked gauntlet, ready for these situations? Basically I want a fighter who concentrates on dealing damage, with Power Attack, Cleave, Combat Reflexes, WF: Glaive, WS: Glaive and possibly the Whirlwind Attack feat chain at higher levels. Finally, is there much advantage to taking the Great Cleave feat? How often am I realistically going to be taking down foes in the same round? [/QUOTE]
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