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<blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 4497471" data-attributes="member: 114">I allowed one in my campaign, and although the chap was no min-maxer, it was still horrendous.Iaijutsu focus in itself doesn't sound so bad - but when you include the 5th level iaijutsu master ability &quot;Strike from the void&quot; which adds Cha modifier to each extra damage die gained from iaijutsu focus skill you can imagine how broken it can get.Iaijutsu masters will probably want a good Charisma anyway, because it is the ability which supports Iaijutsu focus and they get to add it to their Initiative check too.So an 11th level PC with 14 ranks in IF, 18 Cha and a +6 Cha item (total Cha bonus +7) will be rolling 1d20+21 for his IF check, getting 22-41. Say he averages 32, which is +5d6 extra damage, +35 from &quot;strike from the void&quot;.A first strike which does 5d6+35 damage on top of the normal weapon damage is pretty scary.A heavily optimised PC can get very, very scary.Cheers</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Plane Sailing, post: 4497471, member: 114"] I allowed one in my campaign, and although the chap was no min-maxer, it was still horrendous. Iaijutsu focus in itself doesn't sound so bad - but when you include the 5th level iaijutsu master ability "Strike from the void" which adds Cha modifier to [B]each extra damage die gained from iaijutsu focus skill[/B] you can imagine how broken it can get. Iaijutsu masters will probably want a good Charisma anyway, because it is the ability which supports Iaijutsu focus and they get to add it to their Initiative check too. So an 11th level PC with 14 ranks in IF, 18 Cha and a +6 Cha item (total Cha bonus +7) will be rolling 1d20+21 for his IF check, getting 22-41. Say he averages 32, which is +5d6 extra damage, +35 from "strike from the void". A first strike which does 5d6+35 damage on top of the normal weapon damage is pretty scary. A heavily optimised PC can get very, very scary. Cheers [/QUOTE]

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