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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 6776490" data-attributes="member: 6802951">There's a fair amount of calculations regarding the assorted benefits of ability scores in the threads discussing the merits of the two-handed weapon vs dual-wielding fighting styles.Even a melee-based fighter benefits from having a bow or other effective ranged weapon available to them. It may not be the primary focus of a class but nonoptimal situations can't just be handwaved away. Being able to relatively safely dump a stat allows you to focus more on more important stats. As you yourself point out, having both Str and Dex high requires you to pull resources from other important abilities.As I read it, an optimised weapon master can still make use of Str combo bonuses if they have to get the specific effect. They will get a lower bonus to hit, and it will do less damage, but the effects are the same and they can still base the save required off Dex, even for a str-based combo bonus. Ah. I thought that the first hit starts the combo, and its only the second that gets a combo bonus? It was an observation about the mechanics. While there are indeed other "on-hit" effects in the game, there aren't any other archetypes based around a single mechanic, that is dependent upon them. This makes the class very random-based. It could be good for some people, bad for others. Apologies. Which ones?</blockquote>