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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Axel" data-source="post: 6107983" data-attributes="member: 93196">Heh...there's a few ways of looking at that...  Without trying to give away too much of Bayar's possible future character developments (since I don't bloody well know anyway), you could make the case that he's just a Big Dumb Fighter (sword and board variant) that I'm trying to make interesting.  (It's OK to call him stupid...he'll only hear you in the IC thread).  Also, after playing 3.5 variants for so many years I am sick to death of two-handed weapon fighters with power attack...(and Drizz't clones).  PF goes a long way to fixing that abusive feat, but it is still almost mandatory for melee characters.Alternately, you could take a pop-psych course and see that he's a deeply unhappy man trapped into doing something he hates (despite being good at it), trying to pay a debt that will never be satisfied.  Given his job description includes violence, and he is the first to say he's good at killing stuff, he is...well...effective at killing stuff in a gory way.  It's a coping mechanism for stress, frustration and depression since he can't think his way out of the problem.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Also, I've liked gory finish since I first saw it and have been itching for a good reason/backstory to use it (Bayar is the first Figher I've retained interest in for awhile).  Dazzling Display as a pre-req is a bit of a limp wristed fluff-job, so needed a bit of story-oomph.  I strongly considered taking Gory Finish at 1st level (along with weapon focus and dazzling display) but the "power gamer" in me said no and I ended up with power attack.  Sorry.</blockquote>

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