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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 6791307" data-attributes="member: 6775477">The highest DPR character in my game is a 9th level human paladin who uses a glave, using great weapon fighting and polearm master. Without any magic weapon, he deals about 21 (6+5+10) damage twice per round with his glave, plus 18 (3+5+10) damage with the shaft (unless drops a creature or gets a crit, then he uses the glave again). He regularly uses the Great Weapon benefit (-5 attack for +10 damage), because our Wolf Totem Barbarian gives him advantage just about every other fight. This allows him about 60 damage per round, which is 3 less than your example, but he can also smite (which he seldom does except on a crit or boss fight).Optimized characters (especially those using feats, multi-classing, and magic items) can really wreck the damage curve, but it's not really that bad. The Dragon Fire Sorcerer in our group deals crap loads of damage, as does the Wolf Totem Barbarian. The rouge (when he shows up) has potential as well. The two with lower DPR, the bard and the eldritch knight, are far more versatile than the others (the barbarian and paladin lack greatly in ranged, while the sorcerer has durability issues), and provide fantastic support. IME, it's far more about the cohesion of the group, rather than the capability of a single character.</blockquote>