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When does Polearm Master deal more damage than an ASI?
Would a fighter deal more expected damage by picking the Polearm Master feat at any point before they maxed their Strength, or is it better to first always increase your Strength in terms of damage? ...
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In Unearthed Arcana: Expert Classes, changes were made to the Great Weapon Master feat. How does this affect the damage output of Great Weapon Users?
On September 29th, 2022, Playtest material for OneD&D was released for the Expert Class Groups, and included in this unearthed arcana were some planned feats for the new version of Dungeons and ...
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Is Deadly Aim worth it?
Deadly Aim is very similar to Power Attack in PF1, in that it reduces your chance to hit in exchange for some extra damage. In PF2 however the enemies' AC increases together with your attacks, so -2 ...
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At what point is a Lifedrinker Warlock's expected damage reduced by Sharpshooter/GWM?
At Level 12, a Pact of the Blade Warlock can take the Lifedrinker Eldritch Invocation, which states the following:
When you hit a creature with your pact weapon, the creature takes extra necrotic ...
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Between the half-orc's Savage Attacks trait and the Elven Accuracy racial feat, which is better?
In a mathematical comparison of the Half-Orc Savage Attacks trait and the Elf/Half-Elf feat Elven Accuracy (XGtE, p. 74), which one increases average damage more at level 10 for a Fighter-Champion 5 / ...
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How much on average does the Durable feat increase the number of Hit Points gained when spending Hit Dice?
There are other similarly mathy questions on this site such as "How much damage does Great Weapon Fighting add on average?" and "Are features that allow −5 to attack to get +10 to damage ...
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Ability score increase or feat? [closed]
I rolled up a character for the new campaign using 3d6 in order method, so now I'm playing as lvl.3 human rogue (Str 6, Dex 12, Con 8, Int 10, Wis 8, Cha 6). How do I maximize my efficiency?
Is it ...
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Which feat, Resilient (Con) or War Caster, improves the chances of maintaining concentration more?
The Resilient feat (PHB, p. 168) allows you to increase one ability score by 1 and gain proficiency in saving throws using the corresponding ability. In essence, taking the Resilient feat and picking ...
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Are these two methods of handling Elven Accuracy "Double Advantage" mathematically equivalent?
For context, part of the Elven Accuracy feat (Xanathar's Guide to Everything, p. 74) states:
Whenever you have advantage on an attack roll using Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma, you can ...
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For Druid 2/ Sorcerer 4 "midfielder", is the feat Polearm Master, Dual Wielding, Charger, or Savage Attacker most damaging in combat?
My primary question is: Which of the following builds deals the most damage on average: Dual-Wielding Twinned-Shillelagh Quarterstaff and Club, Polearm Master Shillelagh Quarterstaff with Shield, ...
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What is the Expected Damage Gain from this Part of my Homebrewed Gunslinger Feat?
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One of the players in a campaign I will be DM’ing for will be playing a fighter archetype called the Gunslinger (made by Matthew Mercer for the RPG show Critical Role). Since the player ...
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Are features that allow −5 to attack to get +10 to damage mathematically advantageous?
Some class features, monster traits, and feats allow you to take a −5 to your attack roll in order to gain a +10 to your damage roll. At first glance this looks really good, but when will it deal more ...
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What circumstances make Heighten Turning worthwhile?
The feat Heighten Turning has the following as part of its benefit:
When you turn or rebuke undead, you may choose a number no higher than your cleric level. Add that number to your turning check, ...
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What's the average damage increase from Elemental Adept?
Looking at some basic number crunching: One of the two effects of the Elemental Adept feat (PHB, p. 166) is that treats 1s as 2s when rolling damage, for a chosen element.
What is the average damage ...
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