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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8536109" data-attributes="member: 2629">My 20th level party walked up to negotiate with an ancient blue dragon.&nbsp; The negotiations did not go well.&nbsp; The dragon threatened us.&nbsp; My fighter responded with 300 damage in attacks in one round as a surprise round (9 attacks).&nbsp; Then, the dragon attempted to retreat and my fighter stopped it with an OA that reduced it to zero speed.&nbsp; It breathed once - before my fighter finished it off with another round of attacks.In terms of damage dealing to a single target, fighters are top of the food chain at most levels if you're efficient with them.&nbsp; That fighter had a Firebrand Maul (+2d6 fire), Belt of Storm Giant Strength (29 Strength), and a ring of spell storing in which he had a Spirit Shroud cast at 5th level.&nbsp; (4d6+19+2d8) ... done 8 or 9 times on rounds when he action surged and used GWM (which he pretty much always did).&nbsp; On top of that, he added an addition 5d12 from Battlemaster, which could be used to turn a miss into a hit, or to add to the damage.&nbsp; That can get me over 350 damage on many rounds.&nbsp; How much damage can a wizard do reliably to a single target in a round?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8536109, member: 2629"] My 20th level party walked up to negotiate with an ancient blue dragon. The negotiations did not go well. The dragon threatened us. My fighter responded with 300 damage in attacks in one round as a surprise round (9 attacks). Then, the dragon attempted to retreat and my fighter stopped it with an OA that reduced it to zero speed. It breathed once - before my fighter finished it off with another round of attacks. In terms of damage dealing to a single target, fighters are top of the food chain at most levels if you're efficient with them. That fighter had a Firebrand Maul (+2d6 fire), Belt of Storm Giant Strength (29 Strength), and a ring of spell storing in which he had a Spirit Shroud cast at 5th level. (4d6+19+2d8) ... done 8 or 9 times on rounds when he action surged and used GWM (which he pretty much always did). On top of that, he added an addition 5d12 from Battlemaster, which could be used to turn a miss into a hit, or to add to the damage. That can get me over 350 damage on many rounds. How much damage can a wizard do reliably to a single target in a round? [/QUOTE]

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