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<blockquote data-quote="guachi" data-source="post: 7236884" data-attributes="member: 6785802">GFB does split your damage. It's why I explicitly separated it out.I had earlier in the day looked at doing this build and already had possessing Gauntlets of Ogre Power in mind when doing the math. I blanked that you have to use Strength with Reckless attack and not Dexterity. Be that as it may, if you remove Elven Accuracy from the equation and play basically anything that can get you a 20 STR with 2 ASIs. Your damage at level 12 is:target 1: 34.6target 2: 10.5Sentinel: 25.8Total: 71.0It's not much lower and since your preferred level limit is 13 you can go Barb 2/Rogue 11 and get one more d6 of sneak attack for:target 1: 38.0target 2: 10.5sentinel: 29.3total: 77.8This assumes a 14 intelligence so the target 2 damage is lower or higher depending on what your actual intelligence is. By level 17 when you get your next increase for GFB you are reaching close to 100 damage in total.EDIT: To reply to your edit. One of the first things I thought of was taking Champion 3 for MOAR crit. But, surprisingly, you do less damage. I haven't tested it with Battlemaster 3. You can take Precision and use it the 1 or 2 times you'll be missing on your regular attack and you'll end up hitting about 99% of the time. This means, as you said, that you can Riposte to your heart's content. This probably makes up for losing some sneak attack dice. It's certainly more worthwhile if the enemy are likely to attack you and you can't hide behind allies. You'll hit so much you can use your action surge to run at the opponent. Move (30'), bonus action dash (30'), action surge dash (30'). The mobility certainly means more up time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="guachi, post: 7236884, member: 6785802"] GFB does split your damage. It's why I explicitly separated it out. I had earlier in the day looked at doing this build and already had possessing Gauntlets of Ogre Power in mind when doing the math. I blanked that you have to use Strength with Reckless attack and not Dexterity. Be that as it may, if you remove Elven Accuracy from the equation and play basically anything that can get you a 20 STR with 2 ASIs. Your damage at level 12 is: target 1: 34.6 target 2: 10.5 Sentinel: 25.8 Total: 71.0 It's not much lower and since your preferred level limit is 13 you can go Barb 2/Rogue 11 and get one more d6 of sneak attack for: target 1: 38.0 target 2: 10.5 sentinel: 29.3 total: 77.8 This assumes a 14 intelligence so the target 2 damage is lower or higher depending on what your actual intelligence is. By level 17 when you get your next increase for GFB you are reaching close to 100 damage in total. EDIT: To reply to your edit. One of the first things I thought of was taking Champion 3 for MOAR crit. But, surprisingly, you do less damage. I haven't tested it with Battlemaster 3. You can take Precision and use it the 1 or 2 times you'll be missing on your regular attack and you'll end up hitting about 99% of the time. This means, as you said, that you can Riposte to your heart's content. This probably makes up for losing some sneak attack dice. It's certainly more worthwhile if the enemy are likely to attack you and you can't hide behind allies. You'll hit so much you can use your action surge to run at the opponent. Move (30'), bonus action dash (30'), action surge dash (30'). The mobility certainly means more up time. [/QUOTE]

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