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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lehab" data-source="post: 3495765" data-attributes="member: 41388">Power Attack is just fine in 3.5.  I'm a little tired of hearing all the whineing from those TWF types that Two Handed weilders have an advantage over them.  weilding a Twohanded massive weapon is going to deal more damage do to Physics of the strike.  The 2-handed strike uses all the major muscle groups in the  normal body, A single handed weapon does not use the muscle mass of twohanded strike hence the doubble dammage you are using twice the Muscle mass so you do twice the damage.You cannot compare Combat expertise to Power Attack they use diffrent ratios Combat Expertise trades damge for attack bonuses while power attack trades Attack for damagepower attack 1.5 to one single handed twohaned 2to 1 twohanded 1 to 1 offhandAs to why light wea[pons cannot power attack is they were never intened to look at how the weapons are used in real life light weapon are mostly percing/slashing weapons.  IF you tried makeing a overhead strike or a stike from the waist most power attacks a light weapon would snap or shatter as they are by in large thrusting type weapons.  Light weapons get weapons finese instead of power attack.</blockquote>