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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 3895917" data-attributes="member: 704">If I were going to modify power attack, I would be tempted to set it up as a toggle that for every X points of penalty you took, you added one extra damage die to your attack.  I would want to keep the feat open ended, so some mechanism that prevented you from dumping beyond what your Bab would allow would null out, such as "If your bab - the power attack cost is negative, you cannot further power up a power attack".Example, assuming Power attack cost 4 points per die and a fighter with Bab 7:Normal attack Longsword:  +7 to hit, 1d8+4 damage (bonus damage from wpn spec, str, etc)Power attack at -4:  +3 to hit, 2d8+8 damagePower attack at -8:  -1 to hit, 3d8+12Power attack at -12:  Not possible This allows the feat to still be open ended, but it simplifies the calculations that lead to min maxing by allowing few combinations.Alternately, I could see allowing a pure 'toggle' or on / off power attack that made a successful hit count give the same extra dice as a critical hit, and still allow an actual critical hit on top of it, using the existing rules that would apply for things like a critical hit on a lance charge (for time X damage, add X-1 damage dice).Normal attack for longsword(x2 crit):  1d8+4Power attack for longsword:  2d8+8POwer attack + critical for longsword:  3d8+12Normal attack for great axe (x3 crit):  1d12+4Power attack for longsword:  3d12+8Power attack + critical for longsword:  5d12+12This makes the Power attack a simple toggle effect while preserving the synergy for high crit damage with power attack.END COMMUNICATION</blockquote>

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