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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psifon" data-source="post: 88295" data-attributes="member: 3171">I am working on a Fighter/Mercurial Greatsword Weapon Master.  He will have all the whirlwind attack etc. feats by 6th level, and I can take my 1st level of weapon master at 7th.  I want to take the following feats:SpecializationImproved CriticalPower CriticalPower AttackCleaveGreat CleaveThe problem I am having is that I get 6 feat slots (with 10 levels of WM, and 4 more levels of fighter, and I am having trouble prioritizing the feats.  Here are two options I have considered:Human Str 18, Int 14, Dex 171 Ftr 1 Dodge, Mobility, Combat Reflexes2 Ftr 2 Expertise3 Ftr 3 EWP Merc. Greatsword4 Ftr 4 Spring Attack5 Ftr 56 Ftr 6 Whirlwind Attack, Weapon Focus Merc. Greatsword7 WM 1 Ki Damage 1/day/lvl8 WM 2 Increased Multiplier 1/day9 WM 3 Superior Weapon Focus, WEAPON SPECIALIZATION10 WM 4 Increased Multiplier 2/day11 WM 5 Superior Combat Reflexes12 WM 6 Increased Multiplier 3/day, IMPROVED CRITICAL13 WM 7 Ki Critical14 WM 8 Increased Multiplier 4/day15 WM 9 Ki Whirlwind Attack, POWER CRITICAL16 WM 10 Increased Multiplier 5/day17 Ftr 718 Ftr 8 POWER ATTACK, CLEAVE19 Ftr 920 Ftr 10 GREAT CLEAVE1 Ftr 1 Dodge, Mobility, Combat Reflexes2 Ftr 2 Expertise3 Ftr 3 EWP Merc. Greatsword4 Ftr 4 Spring Attack5 Ftr 56 Ftr 6 Whirlwind Attack, Weapon Focus Merc. Greatsword7 Ftr 78 Ftr 8  POWER ATTACK9 WM 1 Ki Damage 1/day/lvl CLEAVE10 WM 2 Increased Multiplier 1/day11 WM 3 Superior Weapon Focus12 WM 4 Increased Multiplier 2/day GREAT CLEAVE13 WM 5 Superior Combat Reflexes14 WM 6 Increased Multiplier 3/day15 WM 7 Ki Critical, IMPROVED CRITICAL16 WM 8 Increased Multiplier 4/day17 WM 9 Ki Whirlwind Attack18 WM 10 Increased Multiplier 5/day, POWER CRITICAL19 Ftr 920 Ftr 10 SPECIALIZATIONOk, so you can see the dilemma:  Either I make my weapon all it can be, and live without some of my favorite feats (power attack and cleave) until I am in the highest levels, or I take power attack, cleave and great cleave, and postpone my uber-critical attacks, and live without the extra 2 points of damage from specialization.What I think is that great cleave realy supports the whirlwind attack at medium levels, but not so much at higher levels when the creatures you are fighting can't be dropped with just two hits.On the other hand, the increased mutlplier is moot at low levels, because you ARE going to kill anything that you crit with a X4 critical with the Merc. Greatsword anyway, so that ability is not really useful until higher levels, when you face foes that can take 60+ points of damage.Do you guys have any advice or solutions you can offer?  How would you build this guy?  Should I postpone the weapon master levels untill level 11+?Finally, would I be better off taking a normal greatsword?  I know that both do 2d6 since the eratta, so the only difference is that the normal greatsword does a X2 Crit on a 19-20 and the Merc Greatsword does a x4 crit on a 20.  This is actually the SAME average damage, and it stays the same until I get the Ki Critical ability (because it adds a flat +2 to each crit type).  This would save me a feat.</blockquote>

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