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<blockquote data-quote="77IM" data-source="post: 4392945" data-attributes="member: 12377">This sounds like a good house rule feat:WEAPON FINESSEPrerequisites:&nbsp; Dex 13Benefit:&nbsp; When wielding a one-handed weapon (even if it is a versatile weapon and you are wielding it in two hands) you may make melee weapon attacks using Dexterity for attack and damage rather than Strength.&nbsp; Powers that don't use Strength for attack and damage are unaffected.Special:&nbsp; A ranger who takes this feat gives up the ability to use their class powers in conjunction with projectile weapons.&nbsp; (They can still use their class powers with thrown weapons, though.)... This feat would be imbalanced in the hands of a ranger, who could then become good at both melee and ranged without having to split ability points between Str and Dex, hence the slightly odd &quot;Special&quot; section.&nbsp; But for other melee classes, this could provide some interesting variant builds (imagine a &quot;swashbuckling cleric&quot; using Dex instead of Str for their melee powers).&nbsp;-- 77IM</blockquote>

[QUOTE="77IM, post: 4392945, member: 12377"] This sounds like a good house rule feat: [b]WEAPON FINESSE[/b] [b]Prerequisites:[/b] Dex 13 [b]Benefit:[/b] When wielding a one-handed weapon (even if it is a versatile weapon and you are wielding it in two hands) you may make melee weapon attacks using Dexterity for attack and damage rather than Strength. Powers that don't use Strength for attack and damage are unaffected. [b]Special:[/b] A ranger who takes this feat gives up the ability to use their class powers in conjunction with projectile weapons. (They can still use their class powers with thrown weapons, though.) ... This feat would be imbalanced in the hands of a ranger, who could then become good at both melee and ranged without having to split ability points between Str and Dex, hence the slightly odd "Special" section. But for other melee classes, this could provide some interesting variant builds (imagine a "swashbuckling cleric" using Dex instead of Str for their melee powers). -- 77IM [/QUOTE]

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