+1 To-hit or +2 to damage
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technophile
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It's quite easy to turn +1 to hit into +2 damage with power attack and a two-handed weapon, but there's nothing that works the other way around
Kahuna Burger
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As I prefer finesse builds with multiple attacks, I'd go with the damage.
El Ravager
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technophile said:
Quoted for truth. Thats exactly why I voted for it. In that way, its more flexible.
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El Rav
I'm A Banana
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If I'm interested in dealing damage, I'm going to be a fighter-type. As a fighter-type, I will usually hit what I swing at (full BAB, baby!). If I usually hit what I swing at anyway, jacking that +1 into my to-hit roll is a pointless 5% difference. Jacking that +2 into my damage roll, however, is a 20% bonus (on a d10; almost on a 2d6 or a d12).
It's nice to hit what I'm swinging for, but if I do that anyway, I'm all about the damage.
If I was a wizard or cleric or monk or rogue or something and I was for some reason interested in being more combat effective (for some reason), the +1 to hit would almost always win out, however. But that would be almost playing against type anyway.
It's nice to hit what I'm swinging for, but if I do that anyway, I'm all about the damage.
If I was a wizard or cleric or monk or rogue or something and I was for some reason interested in being more combat effective (for some reason), the +1 to hit would almost always win out, however. But that would be almost playing against type anyway.
Haloq Jakar
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no brainer for me +2 to damage all the way
assuming as an example an ac 15 foe and a 20 round combat with a roll of 1 thru 20 each occuring and average damage scored for at d8 and no other pluses to hit or damage
the +1 to hit will score 7 hits @ 4.5 31.5 total damage
the +2 to damage will score 6 hits @ 6.5 39 total damage
so it would be a no brainer for me +2 to damage all the way
assuming as an example an ac 15 foe and a 20 round combat with a roll of 1 thru 20 each occuring and average damage scored for at d8 and no other pluses to hit or damage
the +1 to hit will score 7 hits @ 4.5 31.5 total damage
the +2 to damage will score 6 hits @ 6.5 39 total damage
so it would be a no brainer for me +2 to damage all the way
Particle_Man
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+1 th all the way!
Unless my build is truly bizarre, my Hulk Smash types will have Cleave (meaning power attack as a prereq, meaning I can us a 2-H weapon to turn +1 Th into +2 Da, or leave it, meaning +1 th is better), and my finessy Zorro types will have Sneak Attack (meaning I do lots and lots of damage just fine, but my Th is hurting (especially on the iterative attacks when twf), so I really need that +1 th). Either way, it is a no-brainer.
Unless my build is truly bizarre, my Hulk Smash types will have Cleave (meaning power attack as a prereq, meaning I can us a 2-H weapon to turn +1 Th into +2 Da, or leave it, meaning +1 th is better), and my finessy Zorro types will have Sneak Attack (meaning I do lots and lots of damage just fine, but my Th is hurting (especially on the iterative attacks when twf), so I really need that +1 th). Either way, it is a no-brainer.
the black knight
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If you're carrying a shield, then +2 to damage.
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