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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Harlekin" data-source="post: 3497002" data-attributes="member: 18615">However, using power attack will only really do more damage, if the BBEG has a mediocre AC. Consider: Assume the fighter needs a 11+ to hit, does damage of 2d6+9 (16 average) before factoring the bardsong.Without PA, he will need a 7 + to hit for 20 average damage; he'll do 14 damage on average per attack.With PA for 4, he will need 11+ to hit for 28 poits of damage , dealing 14 damage on average per attackSo for these number's it's a wash. If the fighter needs less than an 11+ to hit, power attack gets better, but not fast. If he needs more than 11, power attack actually results in a lower damage output. Similarly, if the fighter is weaker and does less damage with a normal hit, power attack gets better; if he does more damage with a normal hit, power attacking reduces the average damage output.</blockquote>