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<blockquote data-quote="ccooke" data-source="post: 7702177" data-attributes="member: 6695890"><p>Because that would be awfully complicated - there's no "natural" reduced die for each of the two handed weapons. In particular, reducing the die for Greataxe (d12) and Greatsword (2d12) without ruining the fine balance between them of reliability vs spike damage. If you make the Greataxe do d10, you'd need the greatsword to do 2d5... or 2d10/2. Awful and complicated. Or you break the linkage and then you're going to make one of them worse.</p><p></p><p>In the suggested feat, I made it affect only Strength[Athletics] because that's about the application of your strength - a little extra height and weight and some training to use it means you're a bit harder to knock down or grapple. It's uses the language that the bigger playable races get (count as one size category larger), but it provides a different effect to allow the feat to complement those races nicely.</p><p></p><p>That's not saying I think my quick feat idea is perfect, but I do think it's worth considering as a baseline <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ccooke, post: 7702177, member: 6695890"] Because that would be awfully complicated - there's no "natural" reduced die for each of the two handed weapons. In particular, reducing the die for Greataxe (d12) and Greatsword (2d12) without ruining the fine balance between them of reliability vs spike damage. If you make the Greataxe do d10, you'd need the greatsword to do 2d5... or 2d10/2. Awful and complicated. Or you break the linkage and then you're going to make one of them worse. In the suggested feat, I made it affect only Strength[Athletics] because that's about the application of your strength - a little extra height and weight and some training to use it means you're a bit harder to knock down or grapple. It's uses the language that the bigger playable races get (count as one size category larger), but it provides a different effect to allow the feat to complement those races nicely. That's not saying I think my quick feat idea is perfect, but I do think it's worth considering as a baseline :-) [/QUOTE]
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