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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7069712" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>Sorry to say, but facts nor numbers support that statement.</p><p></p><p></p><p>A rogue 5 with the same feat has two more dice of sneak attack more then makes up for the fact that they don't get +dex to damage on the offhand, as well as getting a subclass, uncanny dodge, and having an ASI which means hitting more and doing more damage.</p><p>A barbarian 5 has +50% the number of rages so it's more encounters with the melee bonus and the resistance. They could have the same number of attacks but use a 2d6 or d12 weapon for them. And if they spent their feat on something like polearm mastery they could have more attacks, or GWM and do lots more damage with their oft-hitting reckless attack. Oh yeah, and subclass and ASI as above.</p><p>A fighter 5 only doing d8s for two attacks would likely have +2 AC from a shield and +2 damage from dueling. Or can do bigger weapons. Subclasses are even more important, such as battlemaster. Oh, and again an ASI. Plus while the feat spend could easily be polearm mastery or GWM as the barbarian, but could also be shield mastery, or defensive duelist, or whatever. Personally I like Actor.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually, you're only looking at half damage if (a) you sit out 2/3 to 3/4 of the combats per day since you only have two rages, and if (b) you only get attacked by non-magical B/P/S damage and never spells, since you just have the default rage bonus, not Bear totem's everything-but-psychic.</p><p></p><p>A straight fighter could have a higher AC. A barbarian would have more HPs.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ooh, preliminarily spreading that a single classed character built is powergamed so you can dismiss it. Good tactical move. Okay, you picked human variant with a weapon feat and that's what I'm comparing it against. Apples-to-apples with your choice. So stop with the pre-emptive smear when people give the type of advice the original post asked for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7069712, member: 20564"] Sorry to say, but facts nor numbers support that statement. A rogue 5 with the same feat has two more dice of sneak attack more then makes up for the fact that they don't get +dex to damage on the offhand, as well as getting a subclass, uncanny dodge, and having an ASI which means hitting more and doing more damage. A barbarian 5 has +50% the number of rages so it's more encounters with the melee bonus and the resistance. They could have the same number of attacks but use a 2d6 or d12 weapon for them. And if they spent their feat on something like polearm mastery they could have more attacks, or GWM and do lots more damage with their oft-hitting reckless attack. Oh yeah, and subclass and ASI as above. A fighter 5 only doing d8s for two attacks would likely have +2 AC from a shield and +2 damage from dueling. Or can do bigger weapons. Subclasses are even more important, such as battlemaster. Oh, and again an ASI. Plus while the feat spend could easily be polearm mastery or GWM as the barbarian, but could also be shield mastery, or defensive duelist, or whatever. Personally I like Actor. Actually, you're only looking at half damage if (a) you sit out 2/3 to 3/4 of the combats per day since you only have two rages, and if (b) you only get attacked by non-magical B/P/S damage and never spells, since you just have the default rage bonus, not Bear totem's everything-but-psychic. A straight fighter could have a higher AC. A barbarian would have more HPs. Ooh, preliminarily spreading that a single classed character built is powergamed so you can dismiss it. Good tactical move. Okay, you picked human variant with a weapon feat and that's what I'm comparing it against. Apples-to-apples with your choice. So stop with the pre-emptive smear when people give the type of advice the original post asked for. [/QUOTE]
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