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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 4516828" data-attributes="member: 35909">Fighters need the PA benefits to keep up with mages for damage.&nbsp; It also helps out some monsters (I allow it to give x2 on a natural weapon that adds 1.5x str).I balanced Power Attack by making a normal use of it without the feat, much as you can Fight Defensively without taking CE.&nbsp; I allowed anyone to take a penalty equal to their BAB or less, max of -5, on attacks for the same bonus on damage.&nbsp; No benefit on light or off hand weapons and no extra bonus for using two hands.&nbsp; The PA feat then improves this, allowing no limit other than BAB on how much you can subtract, granting two-handed weapons the 2x bonus, and giving light/off hand weapons half the bonus (so a -4 attack penalty would give a +2 damage).&nbsp; If you further take Oversized Two-Weapon Fighting and use a one-handed weapon in the offhand, it gets a 1-for-1 rate, just like the main hand.&nbsp; This way, only people with TWF or fighting 2-handed bother with the feat, and one-handers (often with shields) can havethe option to trade accuracy for damage w/o spending a feat./threadjack</blockquote>

[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 4516828, member: 35909"] Fighters need the PA benefits to keep up with mages for damage. It also helps out some monsters (I allow it to give x2 on a natural weapon that adds 1.5x str). I balanced Power Attack by making a normal use of it without the feat, much as you can Fight Defensively without taking CE. I allowed anyone to take a penalty equal to their BAB or less, max of -5, on attacks for the same bonus on damage. No benefit on light or off hand weapons and no extra bonus for using two hands. The PA feat then improves this, allowing no limit other than BAB on how much you can subtract, granting two-handed weapons the 2x bonus, and giving light/off hand weapons half the bonus (so a -4 attack penalty would give a +2 damage). If you further take Oversized Two-Weapon Fighting and use a one-handed weapon in the offhand, it gets a 1-for-1 rate, just like the main hand. This way, only people with TWF or fighting 2-handed bother with the feat, and one-handers (often with shields) can havethe option to trade accuracy for damage w/o spending a feat. /threadjack [/QUOTE]

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