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<blockquote data-quote="swrushing" data-source="post: 1466600" data-attributes="member: 14140">&quot;2. The D20 system version is not cinematic in any way, while the original was a very cinematic system. If the enemies you were fighting were unnamed brutes, you automatically killed them in one hit, and could possibly take down 4 in a single action ala Indigo Montoyo from the princess bride. Now, it is the typical &quot;you can only make 1 attack/6 points of BAB&quot;. So killing 4 brutes takes 4 rounds for a 5th level warrior! ARG! &quot;OK, color me confused... wouldn't great cleave allow you to wipe out as many &quot;unnamed brutes&quot; as you can reach if indeed a swing could kill them? As each drops you get a new swing and drop that one and so on until no one remains in reach OR you miss or you hit someone tough enough to take your shot.IOW, in D20, its not assumed that every PC, by dint of being a PC, is automatically capable of the Indigo move, but allows those who want to be able to to be built with feats to make it happen. Can't fighters get great cleave soon enough?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="swrushing, post: 1466600, member: 14140"] "2. The D20 system version is not cinematic in any way, while the original was a very cinematic system. If the enemies you were fighting were unnamed brutes, you automatically killed them in one hit, and could possibly take down 4 in a single action ala Indigo Montoyo from the princess bride. Now, it is the typical "you can only make 1 attack/6 points of BAB". So killing 4 brutes takes 4 rounds for a 5th level warrior! ARG! " OK, color me confused... wouldn't great cleave allow you to wipe out as many "unnamed brutes" as you can reach if indeed a swing could kill them? As each drops you get a new swing and drop that one and so on until no one remains in reach OR you miss or you hit someone tough enough to take your shot. IOW, in D20, its not assumed that every PC, by dint of being a PC, is automatically capable of the Indigo move, but allows those who want to be able to to be built with feats to make it happen. Can't fighters get great cleave soon enough? [/QUOTE]

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