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Message: <blockquote data-quote="anonystu" data-source="post: 985958" data-attributes="member: 10897">As someone pointed out right after my math, a key element to whether 3.5 power attack is balanced is what's happened to the AC of monsters: if it turns out that in the majority of cases, a player can improve their expected damage by power attacking (because the AC is below the break even point we talked about), then it becomes a sketchy change to me: power attack already has lots of tactical uses, and is a set up for cleave, a great feat, and if 80% (arbitrary number) of the time, you can churn out higher ev by power attacking, then it might be too powerful (although, if it's not a major difference, it might be simply the risk premium for the high variance, which is fine.It is also worth noting that even if power attack becomes a major boon for 2H fighters, there is a secondary question of whether that increase is not paralleled in increases by 2WF, or sword/board.But, these issues have been hashed so much, that it's not even worth starting to speculate. The books will be here soon enough, and then the real math can begin in earnest! Wheee!</blockquote>