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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Coredump" data-source="post: 6519986" data-attributes="member: 6939">I was extremely accurate, I explicitly stated this was against AC22; I never said you do less damage all of the time.While AC22 may be rare I used it because *you* brought it up in an attempt to show how 'broken' the -5/+10 was that it was still "easy" to use against AC22.I was simply using your choice to show that your conclusion was false. And again, your 'analysis' completely glosses over the number of attacks that will get *0* damage from missing.  Depending on the AC, that -5 to hit can drastically counterbalance the +10 damage. Okay, lets again assume Str 20, GWF and GWM, and a +1 GS. +9 to hit against AC 15Std dmg: 11.16GWM dmg: 12.58So congrats, the fighter is managing a 12.7% boost to damage.  Thats kinda handy, but broken...???  In contrast, the GWF fighting style gives that same fighter a 10.7% boost.Casting Bless gives about a 16% boostetcI dont see a 10-15% boost as making lower AC monsters become 'easy'.  But yes, it should be no surprise that when you start expending resources (inspiration, spells, Vows, etc) the fighter gets more effective.  I am pretty sure that is how they are intended to work.But sure, lets go look at your example, and lets assume he also has advantage against the dragon:std dmg: 17.5GWM dmg: 20.6For a mind blowing 17.6% boost in damage....  of course, the reality is a difference of 3 hp per attack, against a creature with *487* hps..... I guess GWM just puts the game on EZ-mode...</blockquote>

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