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Message: <blockquote data-quote="comrade raoul" data-source="post: 4405381" data-attributes="member: 554">Scales weirdly into higher levels. Maybe an increasing bonus?Sure, maybe that's how greatswords really were. I'm not too concerned about realism considerations unless they seem thematically damaging, and they don't for me here. When I think of greatswords in fantasy, I think of Conan and movie!Aragorn. But if that's not the case for you and others, you're probably right.Not really! You still get less defense with the greatsword than you do with a heavy shield. The longsword is the baseline here--you're trading one point of average damage per die for a feat and a +1 AC/Reflex bonus. That's not a bad trade.The way I see it, this feat makes the greatsword a nice intermediate choice. Want defense? Go battleaxe, longsword, or warhammer. Want power? Go greataxe, maul or falchion. Want a bit of both? Go greatsword.</blockquote>