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<blockquote data-quote="Azlan" data-source="post: 187710" data-attributes="member: 2340">And your point is... ?Consider the following: You have a fighter 8th with Str 18. This gives him an Attack Bonus +12/+7 and a damage bonus +4. Give him Gauntlets of Ogre Power, and now he has a Str 22, an Attack Bonus +14/+9, and a Damage Bonus +6 (+9 two-handed). Give him a Keen falchion, along with the Improved Critical and Weapon Specialization feats, and now he has a weapon with an Attack Bonus +15/+10, a 13-20 threat range, and a critical that inflicts 4d4+22! (And if that isn't enough already, you can combine this with the Power Attack feat to get a godly damage bonus!) And this with two magic items that, together, cost only 6,000 gps -- 2,000 gps less than the cost of a +2 weapon!For 6,000 gps more, we can add an energy enchantment (Flaming or Frost) to the fighter's falchion, making it a +2 weapon. (Total cost for his two &quot;weenie&quot; magic items: 12,000 gps -- still less than half an 8th level character's starting wealth.) Now, even when he doesn't roll within his exceptional threat range, he still inflicts 2d4+d6+11 damage!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Azlan, post: 187710, member: 2340"] And your point is... ? Consider the following: You have a fighter 8th with Str 18. This gives him an Attack Bonus +12/+7 and a damage bonus +4. Give him Gauntlets of Ogre Power, and now he has a Str 22, an Attack Bonus +14/+9, and a Damage Bonus +6 (+9 two-handed). Give him a Keen falchion, along with the Improved Critical and Weapon Specialization feats, and now he has a weapon with an Attack Bonus +15/+10, a 13-20 threat range, and a critical that inflicts 4d4+22! (And if that isn't enough already, you can combine this with the Power Attack feat to get a [i]godly[/i] damage bonus!) And this with two magic items that, together, cost only 6,000 gps -- 2,000 gps less than the cost of a +2 weapon! For 6,000 gps more, we can add an energy enchantment (Flaming or Frost) to the fighter's falchion, making it a +2 weapon. (Total cost for his two "weenie" magic items: 12,000 gps -- still less than half an 8th level character's starting wealth.) Now, even when he doesn't roll within his exceptional threat range, he still inflicts 2d4+d6+11 damage! [/QUOTE]

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