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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 1323148" data-attributes="member: 3146">Well, its weaknesses are somewhat diminished by the animated shield but, in no particular order:AC--the typical two handed weapon fighter has great difficulty attaining anything better than a passable AC. The lack of a shield, buckler, or defensive feats make THF, without exception, the most offensively oriented of the fighting styles. (TWF can use a buckler, Two Weapon Defense, or a defending off-hand weapon for AC; the ThF can't).Premium on strength--the typical ThF has a very high strength score and necessarily so. His style depends upon dishing out as much damage as possible and as quickly as possible. Since he only benefits once from WS and GWS, he gets most of his damage from his strength bonus. Of course, all melee fighters depend upon strength but the ThF needs more than other fighting styles in order to remain competitive. His lower AC means that he will take damage more quickly than other fighters and consequently, he needs to dish out damage much more quickly if he's to maintain an advantage.Grappling--the ThF's weapons are not usable in a grapple. Most TWF characters wield two light weapons and are thus able to continue attacking in a grapple. Most TwF sword and board fighters are also able to attack in a grapple (either light weapon+heavy shield or light shield+one handed weapon--either way, there's one weapon available for attacking).</blockquote>