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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Evilhalfling" data-source="post: 3897160" data-attributes="member: 16991">trading damage for AC is a bad idea. In many situations you either just assume you will get hit, esp for barbarians with poor ac, or the foes attacks are generally small.  it took 2-3 feats and a charge in 3.5 to do it, and it was still highly valued.  I have used power attack in 3 situations, 1 when the charater/monster was restricted to a single attack, or when the targets AC was demonstratetly feeble compared to normal attack rolls, and when fighting against high DR.I have had two players use it in conjunction with true strikes, one a duskbalde that did this in most sessions.  He used attack bonus chart with common buffs and modifiers figured in. It has slowed down my games, both on my turn and players who had to recaluclate all the bonuses each round.   I could live with a straight -5,+5 feat, it would certainly add speed while still allowing the big swing on occasion.</blockquote>