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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Souljourner" data-source="post: 3558603" data-attributes="member: 1622">Personally, I think that one TWF feat should get you what is currently the entire feat chain, automatically as you become eligible for them.   That keeps people from just picking up a second weapon and being awesome with it, but it doesn't really suck away the feats for someone who wants to do it.  Plus, it recognizes the fact that each TWF feat is worse than the last.  If you saw a feat that just said "This feat requires 3 other feats.  You gain one attack at -15 to hit"... you'd think someone at WoTC was totally insane.As for sword and board, Yes, there are several feats these days, but honestly, the vast majority of them suck.  Like the one that lets you throw your shield.... honestly, who throws a shield?  It's an even worse idea than throwing a weapon, and that's pretty awful by itself in D&D.  Or how about the one that lets you take attacks of opportunity while fighting in full defense.  Yeah, woo, that's fantastic... oh wait, no, that SUCKS.  There are exactly 4 decent shield feats at the moment:Shield Specialization (actually kinda sucks, but it's the crappy entry feat, and to be fair, it's better than Dodge)Improved Shield Bash  (decent)Agile Shield Fighter (decent, but lacks the automatic progression)Shield Ward  (awesome)... um... yeah.  That's it.  Granted, that's a lot better than it was before PHBII, but still, come on!-Nate</blockquote>

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