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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 6520124" data-attributes="member: 907">That's taking the effects of three separate things that all increase the greatsword's damage:1. Higher base damage (2d6 vs 1d8, 2.5 points advantage per hit).2. Great Weapon Fighting (about 1.3 points per hit for a greatsword).3. Great Weapon Mastery (highly variable effect but in the range of +10-20% damage - ironically, the lower the base damage, the better it becomes).Then you're assigning the total effect to just Great Weapon Mastery. As shown, GWM itself increases damage by 10-20%, which is roughly the same as increasing Strength from 18 to 20. Fancy that, a feat being roughly balanced with a stat increase of 2 points.And it sounds like you're comparing a paladin without her spells to a fighter. Of course that comparison is going to come out in the fighter's favor. But the paladin also has Divine Smite, adding +2d8 damage for a single 1st level spell slot, or more for higher-level spells. Or she can use spells like Divine Favor (+1d4 damage per attack) or the assorted Smite spells to deal more damage. She's expected to actually make use of these resources.</blockquote>