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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7560514" data-attributes="member: 20564">EDIT:&nbsp; Corrected that is also affects magical B/P/S damage.It gives you half damage to B/P/S attacks.&nbsp; The limitation is it is only when you are raging, which is about 1/3 or less encounters when you start considering the 6-8 encounters the DMG recommends per day.This is also offset by Reckless Attack, requiring that you grant advantage (and get hit more) to unleash your offensive capability.1.&nbsp; That really only applies to the last few levels fo play, which few reach (see the recent news article about 90% of play is in levels 1-10).2.&nbsp; You will lose a great deal of offensive capability using a finesse weapon to attack since you can no longer use Reckless Attack - it is STR only.3.&nbsp; Reckless Attack almost doubles the chance of crits.&nbsp; Add in the barbarian ability Brutal Critical to add 1-3 weapon dice to the attack, and barbarians have some of the stiffest reduction in offensive power going from two-handed down to one-handed.&nbsp; 5d12 total vs. 5d8 total, and close to twice as common.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7560514, member: 20564"] EDIT: Corrected that is also affects magical B/P/S damage. It gives you half damage to B/P/S attacks. The limitation is it is only when you are raging, which is about 1/3 or less encounters when you start considering the 6-8 encounters the DMG recommends per day. This is also offset by Reckless Attack, requiring that you grant advantage (and get hit more) to unleash your offensive capability. 1. That really only applies to the last few levels fo play, which few reach (see the recent news article about 90% of play is in levels 1-10). 2. You will lose a great deal of offensive capability using a finesse weapon to attack since you can no longer use Reckless Attack - it is STR only. 3. Reckless Attack almost doubles the chance of crits. Add in the barbarian ability Brutal Critical to add 1-3 weapon dice to the attack, and barbarians have some of the stiffest reduction in offensive power going from two-handed down to one-handed. 5d12 total vs. 5d8 total, and close to twice as common. [/QUOTE]

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