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<blockquote data-quote="TwoSix" data-source="post: 7897187" data-attributes="member: 205"><p>You're not wrong (although damage calculations that don't factor in hit rate are useless, unless you specifically call out that the accuracy is the same across all test cases, which is not the case here). Any weapon-based attacker without a -5/+10 feat is going to fall behind in damage; realistically, we've known that since 2014.</p><p></p><p>That doesn't mean that PAM isn't a great feat for a 1st level human fighter. Getting that bonus attack with stat mod to damage is a big deal when you have little competition for your bonus action. If you have a DM that would allow you to retrain your fighting style (not an uncommon grant among DMs I've seen), than you can even swap to PAM/GWM with a glaive when you feel your damage is starting to drop.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if this is an unobvious synergy, but GWM is actually a really strong feat with a 1st level VHuman. Doing roughly 20 damage on a hit, even if you miss quite a bit, will straight up drop a lot of CR 1 creatures, which means you'll be proccing the bonus action cleave pretty frequently, at a time when you have normally little use for your bonus action.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TwoSix, post: 7897187, member: 205"] You're not wrong (although damage calculations that don't factor in hit rate are useless, unless you specifically call out that the accuracy is the same across all test cases, which is not the case here). Any weapon-based attacker without a -5/+10 feat is going to fall behind in damage; realistically, we've known that since 2014. That doesn't mean that PAM isn't a great feat for a 1st level human fighter. Getting that bonus attack with stat mod to damage is a big deal when you have little competition for your bonus action. If you have a DM that would allow you to retrain your fighting style (not an uncommon grant among DMs I've seen), than you can even swap to PAM/GWM with a glaive when you feel your damage is starting to drop. I don't know if this is an unobvious synergy, but GWM is actually a really strong feat with a 1st level VHuman. Doing roughly 20 damage on a hit, even if you miss quite a bit, will straight up drop a lot of CR 1 creatures, which means you'll be proccing the bonus action cleave pretty frequently, at a time when you have normally little use for your bonus action. [/QUOTE]
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