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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EntropyDecay" data-source="post: 1390643" data-attributes="member: 10652">On the other hand, not allowing the extra damage in a Whirlwind Attack would lead to the following rather strange situation where Whirlwind Attack would be nearly useless compared to a normal full attack:[I'm disregarding all ability and equipment boni since they won't make any difference to what I'm trying to explain]Fighter 10 / Duelist 10, +20/+15/+10/+5 BAB, rapier 1d6 + 2d6 extra damage1. Possible damage output, full attack:4 * 3d6 = 12d6 total12d6 against single enemy possible2. Possible damage output, ww attack, max number of enemies = 8:8 * 1d6 = 8d61d6 against single enemy possibleOK, the whirlwind attack lets you use your highest attack bonus for every roll. But since a character is nearly never surrounded by more than a few enemies, it is better to be able to dispatch one foe quickly than to wound several foes and considering the fact that the player had to spent a feat for his character to be able to do this, somehow the second possibility seems worse than the first one.Entropy</blockquote>