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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 1006311" data-attributes="member: 114">But, and I think this is an astonishingly big but which also didn't apparently figure into Andy Collins reasoning...Not all attack rounds are full attacks!A highly significant amount of combat is actually spent in single attacks rather than multiple attacks, on standard actions rather than full-round actions.We all know the list: charges, AoO, Spring Attacks, Readied actions, move and attack... In all of those situations the 2H fighter was massively ahead on the damage curve because he was already getting full benefit from his str, power attacks etc. As the PCs in my campaign reach higher levels, the fighters are starting to spend less time just standing there and blasting out full attacks and more time in tactical manouvering again, because the melee opponents they are  facing are damned tough, and can put out a frightening amount of damage if you go toe-to-toe.Personally, I think a bigger abusive mismatch of intent over practice than light weapons being used with power attack was the whole issue of 2H weapons being used with spring attack! Spring attack "sounds" quintessentially like it should be a light fighter option, ducking in and out, but it is the 2H fighters who get the most benefit out it!Cheers</blockquote>