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<blockquote data-quote="HeapThaumaturgist" data-source="post: 3169632" data-attributes="member: 12332"><p>I'm currently playing a Barbarian1/Cleric13 character ... buffed to the gillies and using Strength Domain I have a reasonable chance of landing a full three-strike full-attack, if I don't dump too much to Power Attack.</p><p></p><p>And, then, I think I topped out around 200 damage. Which, at this level, seems to beat anything Medium to death in a single round.</p><p></p><p>But, in play, that's really RARE to pull off. Usually it's something in the nature of the GM sacrificing a Pawn to my Bishop. More often, I'm buzzing around the battlefield utilizing my increased movement rate to lay down the hurt with single large attacks with strategic use of Power Attack.</p><p></p><p>I just think the ToB classes take too much away from the melee classes that exist now. I mean, seriously, giving Warblade fighter specialization, only ten times better because he can ALWAYS be specialized in that new cool item they found, was a kick in the teeth while the other guy was down. That he waits two levels is all but redundant. I'm sure if you asked people playing a Fighter if they'd like to wait until level 6 to get Specialization, but they can use it with any weapon, they'd jump on that chance. </p><p></p><p>I know from personal playing experience that being tied to a single weapon or type of weapon can be a pretty big drag. Right now my character uses a Weapon of Legacy greatclub and I've got a 32,300gp +4 equiv longsword hanging off his belt just in case he gets disarmed ... the WoL abilities and character cost sacrifices are too great to trade out using weapons.</p><p></p><p>--fje</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HeapThaumaturgist, post: 3169632, member: 12332"] I'm currently playing a Barbarian1/Cleric13 character ... buffed to the gillies and using Strength Domain I have a reasonable chance of landing a full three-strike full-attack, if I don't dump too much to Power Attack. And, then, I think I topped out around 200 damage. Which, at this level, seems to beat anything Medium to death in a single round. But, in play, that's really RARE to pull off. Usually it's something in the nature of the GM sacrificing a Pawn to my Bishop. More often, I'm buzzing around the battlefield utilizing my increased movement rate to lay down the hurt with single large attacks with strategic use of Power Attack. I just think the ToB classes take too much away from the melee classes that exist now. I mean, seriously, giving Warblade fighter specialization, only ten times better because he can ALWAYS be specialized in that new cool item they found, was a kick in the teeth while the other guy was down. That he waits two levels is all but redundant. I'm sure if you asked people playing a Fighter if they'd like to wait until level 6 to get Specialization, but they can use it with any weapon, they'd jump on that chance. I know from personal playing experience that being tied to a single weapon or type of weapon can be a pretty big drag. Right now my character uses a Weapon of Legacy greatclub and I've got a 32,300gp +4 equiv longsword hanging off his belt just in case he gets disarmed ... the WoL abilities and character cost sacrifices are too great to trade out using weapons. --fje [/QUOTE]
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