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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ValhallaGH" data-source="post: 2927250" data-attributes="member: 41187">When I said "pretend you were stronger" I meant that this feat didn't suddenly do what Gloves of Ogre Strength do.  The character isn't stronger overall, which is what the D&D Str score is for; he acts as if he were stronger overall but only in this one specific application.  Therefore the character gets to pretend that he had a natural 28 Strength (or natural 32 strength if he is normally Str 18) while he's using a bow.  Since the damage inflicted is real, he obviously is some kind of powerful but he's not swinging a greatsword with the speed and deadliness of someone with a natural 32 strength, ergo my use of the word pretend.Also, extremes is where we see how broken the feat is or is not.  Dealing 2d6+26 + assorted dice of energy or bane or favored enemy damage with a high level Goliath fighter / something that has an effective 42 Str when using a bow results in an average of 33 points of damage per shot (99 on a crit) with at least five attacks per round, six if it's a speed weapon.  Letting this feat stack is incredibly powerful, almost certainly brokenly so.Being a houserule, this feat doesn't really help out the OP much, as he was searching for existing, semi-official feats to increase damage.</blockquote>