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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 574105" data-attributes="member: 1165">This is taking into account the -2 to hit for TWF, right? I assume it is, but I want to be sure.Hmm...I've avoided TWF because I hate missing attack rolls. So that just leaves THW vs blade-n-board.Maybe it's just me, but I can't picture Aragorn walking around with his sword in two hands. It doesn't seem right to me. Plus, during 2e only one person ever played with THW - he was always a paladin. This in no way applies to other people who use THWs but that guy just wasn't that bright. (While wearing holy armor he lost his paladin status. He had the choice of becoming a fighter or anti-paladin. He chose anti-paladin. Sizzle.)That's one reason why I've avoided THW, but I'm sure most other people have not had that experience <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Plus, I like having a high AC. There are a lot of monsters in the MM that have a terrible attack bonus. There's only a few that have a high bonus, but they tend to have really high bonuses. It's a matter of going with what is best in the majority of situations, IMO. (And I just don't like Animated Shields.)As for style, I got annoyed at all those "big guys with a sword" you see in fantasy novels, games, etc. So I guess it's both style and metagaming. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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