D&D 5E Great Weapon Fighting Style *Fix*

[Horwath]

I'm not looking to re-write all the fighting styles, just to make GWF style balanced with the others.

gwf is very bad
archery is very good
rest are so-so

when you do one style, do it all.

 

[Stalker0]

I just combined Great Weapon Style, TWF, and Dueling into one.

New Style: Offense - Gain +2 damage with melee weapons.

Works great, lets players switch weapon on occasional without feeling they are losing their bonus (which doesn't happen with any other style currently).

 

[Horwath]

I just combined Great Weapon Style, TWF, and Dueling into one.

New Style: Offense - Gain +2 damage with melee weapons.

Works great, lets players switch weapon on occasional without feeling they are losing their bonus (which doesn't happen with any other style currently).

then TWF gets +4 damage per round vs. 2Handers +2 damage.

also, what is a point in style if everyone has the same?

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

I just combined Great Weapon Style, TWF, and Dueling into one.

New Style: Offense - Gain +2 damage with melee weapons.

Works great, lets players switch weapon on occasional without feeling they are losing their bonus (which doesn't happen with any other style currently).

Nice idea, but sort of feels like a tax...

 

[Jefe Bergenstein]

Unless you roll a 1 on an attack, deal ability mod + weapon magic bonus on a miss.

As is, the damage boost is both fiddly and negligible, the two worst combinations for running a game efficiently.

 

[Stalker0]

then TWF gets +4 damage per round vs. 2Handers +2 damage.

also, what is a point in style if everyone has the same?

Sure....and they get +4-+5 damage right now with the current version, so this closes the gap a bit.

Everyone is not the same, because not everyone chooses offense. I have had players take defense and protection as well.

 

[Stormonu]

Maybe take a page from 1E and use “Larger than Man-sized damage” - i.e., up the die to the next level?

1d10 —> 1d12 (or 2d6?) —> 1d6 + 1d8 —> 2d8, or flat go 1d10 —> 1d12 —> 2d8 ?

As for me, I like Paladins and Protection style, just wish it worked more than once per round.