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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 6643609" data-attributes="member: 2011">Simple example.Wizard casts Hold Person.AC 18 foe fails save.11th level great weapon Fighter would normally hit a held AC 18 foe for 3 criticals for about 65 points of damage. DPR is about 54 points of damage. There is a slim chance that the Fighter misses, but with advantage, it's fairly uncommon at +9 to miss, even without a magic weapon (most PCs have at least a +1 weapon by level 11, but we'll ignore that).With GWM, the same 11th level great weapon Fighter would normally hit a held AC 18 foe for at least 3 criticals for about 95 points of damage and could possible critical him 4 times. There is a greater chance that the Fighter misses each time, but overall his DPR goes up to 73.A 35% increase in damage without magic items, without Bless, without other buffs. Just GWM. Once other synergies come into play, it increases a lot faster.Just adding Bless to the equation means:60 DPR vs. 92 DPRThe normal case increased by 6 DPR, the GWM case increased by 19 DPR (53% more damage now).Against a lower AC foe, the DPR delta is considerably greater. Same with a magic weapon.The point is that it is not that difficult to give a melee PC buffs, advantage, and other benefits.Paladins get one fewer attack per round, but they can load up on a lot of damage with Smite and such. Granted, that is using non-renewable resources, but in a tough fight against a powerful high AC foe, the Paladin or Fighter is doing 50% more damage than the Rogue (who is also doing a critical with sneak attack damage against a held foe for about 52 DPR). Bless makes the Rogues DPR go from 52 to 53.So we have:Fighter without GWM: DPR 54Blessed Fighter without GWM: DPR 60Fighter with GWM: DPR 73Blessed Fighter with GWM: DPR 90Rogue: DPR 52Blessed Rogue: DPR 53Granted, foes are not going to be held a lot for the auto-criticals, but there are quite a few ways to get advantage (prone, faerie fire, blinded, etc.).</blockquote>

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