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<blockquote data-quote="Psifon" data-source="post: 77630" data-attributes="member: 3171">Problem rules: Power LungeDoes Power Lunge grant 2x normal strength or 2.5X normal Strength bonus to damage?The errata states &quot;A sucessful attack during a charge allows you to inflict double your normal strength modifier for damage regaurdless of whether you are using one- or two-handed weapons.&quot;My interpretation of this is that you do two times your STR bonus regaurdless of which type of weapon you are using.The wrong interpretation of this is that you use &quot;D&amp;D math&quot; to add the &quot;doubling&quot; in to what a two handed weapon does.&nbsp; So that you get +1.5x your Strenth bonus for the two handed weapon, and you get an additional +1x your Str bonus for the power lunge for a total of +2.5x your damage bonus.In a related arguement, the same mistaken person stated that the bonus from power lunge was only added in once when you score a critical hit.&nbsp; His logic was that you multipy each individual bonus, and, using the same &quot;D&amp;D math&quot; you only get the bonus added in once.&nbsp; So that if you had a fighter with an 14 Str, using a +2 greataxe with a power lunge on a critical hit you would get:1d12 x 2 = 3d12Str +2 x 1.5&nbsp; = + 3 x 3 = +9 + Power lunge (+2)= +11Magic bonus +2 x 3 = + 6Total damage 3d12+17However, as it states under critical hits, ALL bonuses are added to EACH die roll on a critical hit, so the true equasion would be:1d12Str +2 x 2 (power lunge) = +4Magic Bonus + 2Crit Damage = 3(1d12+6) = 4d6+18</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psifon, post: 77630, member: 3171"] [b]Problem rules: Power Lunge[/b] Does Power Lunge grant 2x normal strength or 2.5X normal Strength bonus to damage? The errata states "A sucessful attack during a charge allows you to inflict double your normal strength modifier for damage regaurdless of whether you are using one- or two-handed weapons." My interpretation of this is that you do two times your STR bonus regaurdless of which type of weapon you are using. The wrong interpretation of this is that you use "D&D math" to add the "doubling" in to what a two handed weapon does. So that you get +1.5x your Strenth bonus for the two handed weapon, and you get an additional +1x your Str bonus for the power lunge for a total of +2.5x your damage bonus. In a related arguement, the same mistaken person stated that the bonus from power lunge was only added in once when you score a critical hit. His logic was that you multipy each individual bonus, and, using the same "D&D math" you only get the bonus added in once. So that if you had a fighter with an 14 Str, using a +2 greataxe with a power lunge on a critical hit you would get: 1d12 x 2 = 3d12 Str +2 x 1.5 = + 3 x 3 = +9 + Power lunge (+2)= +11 Magic bonus +2 x 3 = + 6 Total damage 3d12+17 However, as it states under critical hits, ALL bonuses are added to EACH die roll on a critical hit, so the true equasion would be: 1d12 Str +2 x 2 (power lunge) = +4 Magic Bonus + 2 Crit Damage = 3(1d12+6) = 4d6+18 [/QUOTE]

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