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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8063007" data-attributes="member: 6987520">As a Fighting Style there should be no bonus action cost since others don't use it.Otherwise, this is superior to Defense, which requires armor and grants the +1 AC bump. With this you would not need armor and could get +1 to attack rolls when you needed that instead.Maybe a style where you can give versatile weapons when wielding with two hands either the finesse or heavy property?This would benefit the wielder by allowing them:1. to use DEX instead of STR with weapons like a longsword or battleaxe, and2. to benefit from GWM (which requires "heavy" weapons for part of it) with a longsword or battleaxe.I would write it up as:Versatile FightingWhen you are wielding a versatile weapon with two hands and take the Attack action, you can choose either of the following benefits:1. You gain a +1 attack bonus and the weapon gains the finesse property.2. You gain a +1 damage bonus and the weapon gains the heavy property.3. (OPTIONAL?) You gain a +1 bonus to your armor class on the next melee attack made against you before the start of your next turn.The +1 attack bonus is inferior to Archery's +2, and the +1 damage bonus is inferior to Dueling's +2 but you have the choice from round to round. It also allows weapons such as the battleaxe and longsword to gain properties that can be useful in other ways.I think that would be a good balance personally. I added option #3 if you still want an AC boosting option (you could probably even bump it to a +2 bonus to AC...), which is reasonable and in line with your OP.</blockquote>

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