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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Patryn of Elvenshae" data-source="post: 5496600" data-attributes="member: 23094">I'm guessing it's something like 18/00 Strength, double specialization for multiple attacks per round, and some good rolls (benefitting from the longsword's increased damage die against larger enemies).EDIT:Here you go.Hill Giants in 2E have hit dice of 12 + 1-2 Hit Points, which is really 12d8+1-2, or somewhere between 13 and 98 total HP.A first-level Fighter with specialization in a weapon and 18/00 Strength gets:Attacks: 3/2 attacks per round (so, no bonus attacks until round 2)Strength: +3 attack, +6 damageSpecialization: +1 attack, +2 damage... +8 damage above his normal roll.A two-handed sword wielded against a large creature does 3d6 damage (a longsword does 1d12).So, his max damage result is:Weapon: 18Strength: 6Spec: 2--------Total: 26While that won't kill very many Hill Giants in one go, it'll kill at least a few of them. <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>