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<blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 7902893" data-attributes="member: 6775031">The thing about AC is that, the more you have, the more you benefit from any further increase. That's why the fighting style is so meaningful to a fighter with a shield. It's actually a tough choice, between that and the +2 damage. Especially when you consider that you're going to be on the receiving end of more attacks than you give, and the rest of the party is there to contribute damage. If you remove the damage option from tank fighters, then you've just made the decision easier for them.The only one who really loses out is the Champion tank, who would otherwise take both great options. But if they see you're implementing this house rule that would nerf only that one specific build, then they can just choose to play something else in this one campaign.Incidentally, AC scaling is also why they can get away with giving greatweapon fighters an inferior fighting style. They may only get +1.33 damage out of it, but their AC is low enough that +1 to AC wouldn't really help them much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Crimson Binome, post: 7902893, member: 6775031"] The thing about AC is that, the more you have, the more you benefit from any further increase. That's why the fighting style is so meaningful to a fighter with a shield. It's actually a tough choice, between that and the +2 damage. Especially when you consider that you're going to be on the receiving end of more attacks than you give, and the rest of the party is there to contribute damage. If you remove the damage option from tank fighters, then you've just made the decision easier for them. The only one who really loses out is the Champion tank, who would otherwise take both great options. But if they see you're implementing this house rule that would nerf only that one specific build, then they can just choose to play something else in this one campaign. Incidentally, AC scaling is also why they can get away with giving greatweapon fighters an inferior fighting style. They may only get +1.33 damage out of it, but their AC is low enough that +1 to AC wouldn't really help them much. [/QUOTE]

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