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<blockquote data-quote="Ahrimon" data-source="post: 6691782" data-attributes="member: 12630">Players can easily get focused on a bit of a theme for their character.&nbsp; In my case I'm playing a dwarven war cleric and I wanted to go sheild and hammer.&nbsp; The DM dangled a very (VERY) nice magical greatsword in front of me, but I stuck with my non-magical hammer because it's how I saw my character.&nbsp; I have some ideas for a greatsword warrior that I would pass on a magical shield or 1h weapon.Removing the -5/+10 would go a long way's towards not locking a character into a specific weapon.&nbsp; GWM would now basically be the cleave feat.&nbsp; SS would pretty much still be the sharpshooter but good for all ranged attacks.&nbsp; This leaves PM master as a the prime offender.&nbsp; I'm not sure what to do with that one.&nbsp; As far as GWM's cleave not being very good for a dual weilder, the Dual Weilder feat doesn't work for a sword and board player and the shield master feat isn't good for anyone without a shield.&nbsp; Part of feats is specialization so I don't know what could be done to make feats so generic that they work for any combat style choice.&nbsp; But at least modifying the -5/+10 part of the feats works for two of the three top offenders.Last session our TWF fighter and moon druid were absent and we added a 2nd ranged rogue (assassin) and an invoker wizard and I have to say our capabilities weren't affected at all.&nbsp; The wizard tore stuff up with some lightning bolts and the assassin took out a few key enemies quickly.&nbsp; We don't have any enhancing/buffing/control characters, but the arcane trickster has used tasha's to great affect a few times.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ahrimon, post: 6691782, member: 12630"] Players can easily get focused on a bit of a theme for their character. In my case I'm playing a dwarven war cleric and I wanted to go sheild and hammer. The DM dangled a very (VERY) nice magical greatsword in front of me, but I stuck with my non-magical hammer because it's how I saw my character. I have some ideas for a greatsword warrior that I would pass on a magical shield or 1h weapon. Removing the -5/+10 would go a long way's towards not locking a character into a specific weapon. GWM would now basically be the cleave feat. SS would pretty much still be the sharpshooter but good for all ranged attacks. This leaves PM master as a the prime offender. I'm not sure what to do with that one. As far as GWM's cleave not being very good for a dual weilder, the Dual Weilder feat doesn't work for a sword and board player and the shield master feat isn't good for anyone without a shield. Part of feats is specialization so I don't know what could be done to make feats so generic that they work for any combat style choice. But at least modifying the -5/+10 part of the feats works for two of the three top offenders. Last session our TWF fighter and moon druid were absent and we added a 2nd ranged rogue (assassin) and an invoker wizard and I have to say our capabilities weren't affected at all. The wizard tore stuff up with some lightning bolts and the assassin took out a few key enemies quickly. We don't have any enhancing/buffing/control characters, but the arcane trickster has used tasha's to great affect a few times. [/QUOTE]

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