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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 2055352" data-attributes="member: 545">There was a very clever build for a Finessed Power Attacking Spiked Chain wielding Halfling Fighter presented on these boards.The idea is to convert the to hit bonus into bonus damage at 2 for 1 with the 2-handed weapon (+ Power Attack).  It works because you have a very high net to hit due to high Dex (+ Weapon Finesse) and the +1 mod for size.Surprisingly enough, the expected average damage is slightly higher than a similar styled Human.  And because of Size and high Dex, your AC is a couple notches higher.I think it could work well in a Fighter/Swashbuckler multiclass.The downside: You are small.  So you are never going to get the mileage out of Trip that the Human will get out of the Spiked Chain.What really amazed me is the build works even with modest point buy stat generation in spite of having to buy a 15 Str in order to have a race modified 13 Str for Power Attack.</blockquote>