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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 1726468" data-attributes="member: 707">Well, I was thinking Animated+Greatsword because it would allow me to get 1.5x strength consistantly, and keep the defense of the shield (which is very strong with Divine Shield thrown into the mix).  With an 18 strength, I'm ignoring 2 potential points of damage with each hit by wielding a 1-handed weapon.As far as eating the -1, do you mean wielding a longsword two-handed while keeping the shield in place?  This is only possible with a buckler, yes?My Dex is 13, so that path isn't looking so good anymore.  I'd originally forgotten about the Dex 15+ requirement for TWF. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />Sadly, I have an Int of 9, so no Combat Expertise for me.  All the more reason to keep a shield and pick up Divine Shield.  As far as buffs are concerned...well, we have a cleric and a wizard, but neither are really into giving out buffs.  So the only buffs I can count on are the ones I can cast myself.  Currently, that means Protection from Evil.Yeah.  I've thought of getting a cohort, but our party is very large, so the extra logistics of another person would be a strong downside, unfortunately.Currently, it looks like my best strategy is to stick with sword-and-board without TWF, and loose my shield when I want to focus on heavy offense.  It means I'll never get close to the damage output of our fighter (he caused his first massive damage save tonight.  Or at least he would have, if the guy he hit weren't taken down to -27hp by the hit itself.)On the other hand, if I forget about TWF, I might have the feats to pick up Weapon Focus and/or Improved Critical. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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