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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LapBandit" data-source="post: 7087556" data-attributes="member: 6778098">GWF - reroll 1s and 2s for damage (why so fiddly?)Dueling - flat + 2 damage (why a flat bonus when GWF gets less?)Archery - flat + 2 to hit (why a flat bonus instead of ignoring 1/2 cover?)Two Weapon Fighting Style - seems reasonableProtection - rarely seems to be usedDefense - seems reasonableWhy in the world would you give flat bonuses to some, but make someone pick up dice and reroll otherwise?  I think that is bad design.My fix to this:Great Weapon Fighting Style:  add 2x STR to damage rather than 1x STR.Archery Fighting Style: Ignore half-cover.The resolves to:A practiced archer can fire more freely into melee but doesn't get a bizarre bonus at other times.Someone swinging a weapon with two hands should hit A LOT harder than someone using one hand AND requires the player to roll less dice.What do you think?EDIT (after discussion here and around the table):[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Turned Archery Style into Ranged Weapon Style: Now any ranged weapon attacks can get the +2 (to accommodate throwing weapons).[/FONT]Great Weapon Fighting Style: Now does +3 damage flat.Part of the reason I addressed Fighting Styles at all was my unhappiness with Fighters not being distinct enough early on and I fixed them with a couple of tweaks.</blockquote>