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<blockquote data-quote="EvolutionKB" data-source="post: 3590871" data-attributes="member: 47833">Mechanically, power attack would be the better choice by far.&nbsp; Think of it this way, with monkey grip, a large greataxe has an average damage of 10.5(3.5*3) and you are taking a penalty of -2 to hit.&nbsp; With power attack and a medium sized greataxe(ave damage of 6.5), you can if you want to, take a -2 penalty to attack(the same penalty you'd have all the time with monkey grip) to get a bonus of four damage, with magically equals 10.5 as well.&nbsp; Basically power attack is better because it gives you the flexability to decide when you need more damage or need to hit the opponent.&nbsp; Plus as already mentioned the odds of finding a magical large greataxe are slim to none for the module more than likely, and Power attack is a prereq for many great feats for a combat focused cleric.&nbsp; If you are focusing on being a combat cleric (w/o resorting to divine metamagic), imp bull rush/sunder coupled with shock trooper/combat brute are great feats.Yeah I can cover the face role, no problem.&nbsp; I'll have a decent chr and both are on my class list.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EvolutionKB, post: 3590871, member: 47833"] Mechanically, power attack would be the better choice by far. Think of it this way, with monkey grip, a large greataxe has an average damage of 10.5(3.5*3) and you are taking a penalty of -2 to hit. With power attack and a medium sized greataxe(ave damage of 6.5), you can if you want to, take a -2 penalty to attack(the same penalty you'd have all the time with monkey grip) to get a bonus of four damage, with magically equals 10.5 as well. Basically power attack is better because it gives you the flexability to decide when you need more damage or need to hit the opponent. Plus as already mentioned the odds of finding a magical large greataxe are slim to none for the module more than likely, and Power attack is a prereq for many great feats for a combat focused cleric. If you are focusing on being a combat cleric (w/o resorting to divine metamagic), imp bull rush/sunder coupled with shock trooper/combat brute are great feats. Yeah I can cover the face role, no problem. I'll have a decent chr and both are on my class list. [/QUOTE]

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