Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zaruthustran" data-source="post: 4287379" data-attributes="member: 1457">Now with 50 more damage! (assuming 10 attacks hit)Just saw a rule in <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=230405&page=1&pp=15" target="_blank">this thread</a> that sets Irongorn on the road towards Brokenland:p226, PHB: "When you use a magic item as part of a racial power or a class power, the keywords of the item’s power and the other power all apply."As that thread demonstrates, combining the above rule with the feat benefits of Lasting Frost (gives "vulnerable cold 5" to any target hit with an attack with the Cold keyword) and Wintertouched (gain combat advantage against any foe with "vulnerable cold") makes the big blade cascade combo even more deadly. Assuming Irongorn is using two Cold weapons, by the time the Blade Cascade is initiated every attack is essentially +2 attack, and +5 damage.I flavored Irongorn for defense, but it's simple to optimize it for offense by swapping con with dex, and ditching the axe and armor feats for bastard sword, twf, lasting frost, and wintertouched.Here's the math, assuming two +4 frost bastard swords (appropriate for 16th level):+28 attack (+8 for level, +6 Str, +3 proficiency, +4 enhancement, +2 combat advantage, +3 Action Surge, +2 deadly payback)...vs a target with at least a -4 penalty to AC...for 2d10 + 16 (+ 6 Str, +4 Wis, +2 Weapon Focus, +4 enhancement) + 10 (+2 deadly payback, +8 extra damage action) + 5 (vulnerable cold) damage per hit.That's a range of 33 to 51 damage per hit, he keeps rolling attacks until he misses, and with that attack bonus and the AC penalty on his target he only misses on a "1".Brrrr!</blockquote>

Verification