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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 1322813" data-attributes="member: 2629">DR is supposed to mess with 2 weapon fighters more than 2 handed fighters. Each style has strengths and weaknesses. One weakness of two weapon fighting is that it deals less damage per attack ... and thus has more trouble beating DR.Does this mean that a two weapon fighter is helpless against DR monsters? No.If the TWF fighter goes up against DR that he can't beat, he can always draw a two handed weapon. A character that prefers TWF styles is not limited to them. The TWF in 3.5 that has power attack can still get a 1 for 1 transfer from attack to damage with his one handed weapon. In fact, if he uses 2 1 handed weapons (-4 to hit with each), he can get a PA bonus with each. My epic melee rogue has done this a few times when facing creatures with DR, bad ACs and immunity to critical hits. normally, using 2 medium weapons is a bad idea, but doing so with PA against creatures with DR is sometimes a smart decision.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 1322813, member: 2629"] DR is supposed to mess with 2 weapon fighters more than 2 handed fighters. Each style has strengths and weaknesses. One weakness of two weapon fighting is that it deals less damage per attack ... and thus has more trouble beating DR. Does this mean that a two weapon fighter is helpless against DR monsters? No. If the TWF fighter goes up against DR that he can't beat, he can always draw a two handed weapon. A character that prefers TWF styles is not limited to them. The TWF in 3.5 that has power attack can still get a 1 for 1 transfer from attack to damage with his one handed weapon. In fact, if he uses 2 1 handed weapons (-4 to hit with each), he can get a PA bonus with each. My epic melee rogue has done this a few times when facing creatures with DR, bad ACs and immunity to critical hits. normally, using 2 medium weapons is a bad idea, but doing so with PA against creatures with DR is sometimes a smart decision. [/QUOTE]

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