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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 6904083" data-attributes="member: 996">It sounds like this is really the centerpiece of what you want from it.&nbsp; Frankly it sounds even blander (more bland?) than the Champion, but...If you're going to go for a new class, you could put out the sub-classes by combat style.&nbsp; A GWF build, a TWF build, an Archer.&nbsp;&nbsp; (And, a sub-class that gets spells for some reason, of course.)&nbsp; The STR+DEX to damage mechanic makes STR a secondary stat for DEX builds as well as vice-versa, which is not all bad from a balance perspective.&nbsp; However, if you're going there, you might want to focus on additional 1/round damage boosts, not Sneak Attack, but mechanically similar, so as to minimize the stacking-bonus abuse.&nbsp; For instance, like a cantrip caster, your Slayer might do additional weapon-damage dice every 5th level, instead of getting extra attack.&nbsp; Whatever the feature would have to be essentially incompatible with extra attack.&nbsp; So, yeah, prettymuch Power Strike.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 6904083, member: 996"] It sounds like this is really the centerpiece of what you want from it. Frankly it sounds even blander (more bland?) than the Champion, but... If you're going to go for a new class, you could put out the sub-classes by combat style. A GWF build, a TWF build, an Archer. (And, a sub-class that gets spells for some reason, of course.) The STR+DEX to damage mechanic makes STR a secondary stat for DEX builds as well as vice-versa, which is not all bad from a balance perspective. However, if you're going there, you might want to focus on additional 1/round damage boosts, not Sneak Attack, but mechanically similar, so as to minimize the stacking-bonus abuse. For instance, like a cantrip caster, your Slayer might do additional weapon-damage dice every 5th level, instead of getting extra attack. Whatever the feature would have to be essentially incompatible with extra attack. So, yeah, prettymuch Power Strike. [/QUOTE]

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