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<blockquote data-quote="Brother MacLaren" data-source="post: 2218903" data-attributes="member: 15999">Good analysis.&nbsp; The additional cost needed for two magic weapons is an important factor (and a major reason that the 2-handed sword does better against high AC even when you do have the two bastard swords at full Str bonus). I'm honestly not sure how much of an issue the feat cost is for the fighter (it's no cost for the ranger, and a huge cost for the paladin or barbarian).&nbsp; The TWF style costs feats, but then again it has a lot of very beneficial feats worth taking.&nbsp; Not having played a high-level fighter, I don't know what feats jump out as worth taking specifically for the THF style.&nbsp; Leap Attack, maybe.However, what AC you fight varies considerably.&nbsp; Our 9th-level party fought AC 14 fiendish T-Rexes and AC 26-ish NPCs last session.&nbsp; A dual-bastard-sword fighter would have been able to carve up the T-Rexes faster, then switch to single-weilding to deal with the NPCs (if his attack bonus was low enough that the +2 to hit more than made up for the loss of 2 attacks).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brother MacLaren, post: 2218903, member: 15999"] Good analysis. The additional cost needed for two magic weapons is an important factor (and a major reason that the 2-handed sword does better against high AC even when you do have the two bastard swords at full Str bonus). I'm honestly not sure how much of an issue the feat cost is for the fighter (it's no cost for the ranger, and a huge cost for the paladin or barbarian). The TWF style costs feats, but then again it has a lot of very beneficial feats worth taking. Not having played a high-level fighter, I don't know what feats jump out as worth taking specifically for the THF style. Leap Attack, maybe. However, what AC you fight varies considerably. Our 9th-level party fought AC 14 fiendish T-Rexes and AC 26-ish NPCs last session. A dual-bastard-sword fighter would have been able to carve up the T-Rexes faster, then switch to single-weilding to deal with the NPCs (if his attack bonus was low enough that the +2 to hit more than made up for the loss of 2 attacks). [/QUOTE]

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