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<blockquote data-quote="Christian" data-source="post: 108528" data-attributes="member: 381">'Fraid not, Mal. Take a look at Artoomis's calculations above ... He increases his average damage per round by 6 points by using 6 points of Power Attack. Go figure ...'Go figure', in fact, is exactly what you need to do. You'll rarely know an opponent's AC at the beginning of a combat (unless your DM is unusually forthcoming), but some calculation can give you a range of AC's at which the Power Attack is useful, and roughly how much. Round by round, you'll get a better idea of the AC (and hit points, for a number of small opponents) of your enemy and can adjust your bonuses appropriately.For the record, this is a good strategy for monks with the Lightning Fists feat from Sword and Fist as well. Although after crunching the numbers, you may find yourself wishing you hadn't wasted a feat on that dog. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> Flurry of Blows is frequently a better choice ...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Christian, post: 108528, member: 381"] 'Fraid not, Mal. Take a look at Artoomis's calculations above ... He increases his average damage per round by 6 points by using 6 points of Power Attack. Go figure ... 'Go figure', in fact, is exactly what you need to do. You'll rarely know an opponent's AC at the beginning of a combat (unless your DM is unusually forthcoming), but some calculation can give you a range of AC's at which the Power Attack is useful, and roughly how much. Round by round, you'll get a better idea of the AC (and hit points, for a number of small opponents) of your enemy and can adjust your bonuses appropriately. For the record, this is a good strategy for monks with the Lightning Fists feat from [i]Sword and Fist[/i] as well. Although after crunching the numbers, you may find yourself wishing you hadn't wasted a feat on that dog. :( Flurry of Blows is frequently a better choice ... [/QUOTE]

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