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<blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 2364182" data-attributes="member: 307">Well, you have two stumbling blocks here: the first, and most important, is that Power Attack isn't as good for the double weapon user as for the two-handed weapon user, since you fight with the double weapon as if you were wielding a one handed weapon and light weapon. So no doubling up in the bonus. You get the small benefit (which you noted) of occassionally being able to use Power Attack using the double sword as a two-handed weapon, but then you lose all the benefit of the Two-Weapon fighting style, nullifying much of what allows you to keep up.Second, it costs the two-weapon user a feat, and he's already using a feat heavy build. You have to give the two-handed fighting character another feat to compensate, and that will probably offset any benefit the double-weapon guy gets from Power Attack, and may very well tip the balance back in the Two-Handed fighter's favor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Storm Raven, post: 2364182, member: 307"] Well, you have two stumbling blocks here: the first, and most important, is that Power Attack isn't as good for the double weapon user as for the two-handed weapon user, since you fight with the double weapon as if you were wielding a one handed weapon and light weapon. So no doubling up in the bonus. You get the small benefit (which you noted) of occassionally being able to use Power Attack using the double sword as a two-handed weapon, but then you lose all the benefit of the Two-Weapon fighting style, nullifying much of what allows you to keep up. Second, it costs the two-weapon user a feat, and he's already using a feat heavy build. You have to give the two-handed fighting character another feat to compensate, and that will probably offset any benefit the double-weapon guy gets from Power Attack, and may very well tip the balance back in the Two-Handed fighter's favor. [/QUOTE]

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