2 Handed Bludgeoning Weapon Feats [Archive] - Wizards Community

2 Handed Bludgeoning Weapon Feats [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Sorath
07-10-07, 08:38 PM I am working on making a character for an upcoming campaign and I wanted to make a 2 handed bludgeoning weapon focused melee character. I was planning on using a Goliath Greathammer as the weapon.

There seems to be such a lack of 2 handed weapon based feats as compared to 2 weapon fighting, so I wanted to know if I could get some recommendations on some feats.

Any advice anyone could point me in would be helpful.

Thanks,
Mastel
07-10-07, 09:30 PM Power attack & cleave are a good choice for two handed weapon.

Brutal strike & crushing strike from PHBII got blungeonning weapon as prerequisites.
rphair
07-10-07, 09:36 PM I am working on making a character for an upcoming campaign and I wanted to make a 2 handed bludgeoning weapon focused melee character. I was planning on using a Goliath Greathammer as the weapon.

There seems to be such a lack of 2 handed weapon based feats as compared to 2 weapon fighting, so I wanted to know if I could get some recommendations on some feats.

Any advice anyone could point me in would be helpful.

Thanks,

Well, Power Attack pretty much rocks as a THW feat, since you get back double what you put into it; with a two-handed weapon, you get two damage for every one to-hit you sacrifice. Next up, check out the PHB2, if you can get your hands on it. There are specific mid-high level weapon feats designed for Fighters, and there's specifically one for bludgeoning weapons (Melee Weapon Mastery, I think it's called, and you can take it for bludgeoning, slashing, or piercing weapons), so that's kinda' cool for your concept with the greathammer up there. Really, anything that will maximize your damage output is good, since you will be going for maximum single-strike output with a two-handed weapon, rather than lots of little pinpoint strikes that add up. That means that Weapon Focus/Specialization is pretty good, especially if you're staying core and don't have eleventy quintillion splat books to peruse through. Combat Reflexes might not be a bad investment if you have the stats for it, but don't make it a priority if you are just focusing on hitting things as hard as you can. More attacks (even attacks of opportunity) aren't bad at all, and just give you another chance to dish out pain with your bigass break-stick, but you don't want to distract too much from your main goal. Oh, also! Sundering. Improved Sunder + big bludgeoning, two-handed, bonus-to-sunder-giving weapon + 1.5x strength bonus = things go smash.

Out of curiosity, what class are you going for? If you're sticking to core, Barbarian will obviously do well as far as pure damage goes, but a Fighter (I know, half the board's gonna jump on me for suggesting *that*) with liberal dipping into PHB2's list of feats can be a more tactically-oriented character with a few more options at low/mid levels than "Krog smash with rock on stick." Check out the Combat Form feats, if you get a chance. If you have access to it in your game, the Warblade, with access to the Stone Dragon school, puts out some big numbers in the right situations, though the CO boards will be able to help you fine-tune that better than I can.

Ultimately, I think you're right, there's fewer "two-handed-weapon-specific" feats, but maybe that's kind of a good thing, after you look at what you have to blow to get two-weapon fighting... In any event, there's not much of a demand for straight two-handed-fighting feats, probably because it's already kind of better than sword-and-board and two-weapon-fighting except in certain specific situations.
BugHunter
07-10-07, 09:37 PM The standard feat tree for Power Attack and Weapon Focus tree are good places to start since they work with one or two handed weapons. As far as I know there are no specific feats for two-handed weapons.
Tsh77769
07-14-07, 12:00 AM Pulverize fore from Champions of ruin. If you hit twice in a round then every hit (including the first does an additional 1D6.

Tsh77769
WolfHati
07-14-07, 12:59 AM I have to second brutal strike from PHB2. It as a fortitude save based on power attack bonus damage, which can be really nasty if you can afford to power attack for a lot.
AAB
07-14-07, 02:29 AM leap attack. oh, and three mountains style feat from complete warrior is cool if you can convince your DM to allow other bludgeoning weapons than the ones listed (for some reason they only listed ones from the PHB).

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Sorath 07-10-07, 08:38 PM	I am working on making a character for an upcoming campaign and I wanted to make a 2 handed bludgeoning weapon focused melee character. I was planning on using a Goliath Greathammer as the weapon. There seems to be such a lack of 2 handed weapon based feats as compared to 2 weapon fighting, so I wanted to know if I could get some recommendations on some feats. Any advice anyone could point me in would be helpful. Thanks,
Mastel 07-10-07, 09:30 PM	Power attack & cleave are a good choice for two handed weapon. Brutal strike & crushing strike from PHBII got blungeonning weapon as prerequisites.
rphair 07-10-07, 09:36 PM	I am working on making a character for an upcoming campaign and I wanted to make a 2 handed bludgeoning weapon focused melee character. I was planning on using a Goliath Greathammer as the weapon. There seems to be such a lack of 2 handed weapon based feats as compared to 2 weapon fighting, so I wanted to know if I could get some recommendations on some feats. Any advice anyone could point me in would be helpful. Thanks, Well, Power Attack pretty much rocks as a THW feat, since you get back double what you put into it; with a two-handed weapon, you get two damage for every one to-hit you sacrifice. Next up, check out the PHB2, if you can get your hands on it. There are specific mid-high level weapon feats designed for Fighters, and there's specifically one for bludgeoning weapons (Melee Weapon Mastery, I think it's called, and you can take it for bludgeoning, slashing, or piercing weapons), so that's kinda' cool for your concept with the greathammer up there. Really, anything that will maximize your damage output is good, since you will be going for maximum single-strike output with a two-handed weapon, rather than lots of little pinpoint strikes that add up. That means that Weapon Focus/Specialization is pretty good, especially if you're staying core and don't have eleventy quintillion splat books to peruse through. Combat Reflexes might not be a bad investment if you have the stats for it, but don't make it a priority if you are just focusing on hitting things as hard as you can. More attacks (even attacks of opportunity) aren't bad at all, and just give you another chance to dish out pain with your bigass break-stick, but you don't want to distract too much from your main goal. Oh, also! Sundering. Improved Sunder + big bludgeoning, two-handed, bonus-to-sunder-giving weapon + 1.5x strength bonus = things go smash. Out of curiosity, what class are you going for? If you're sticking to core, Barbarian will obviously do well as far as pure damage goes, but a Fighter (I know, half the board's gonna jump on me for suggesting that) with liberal dipping into PHB2's list of feats can be a more tactically-oriented character with a few more options at low/mid levels than "Krog smash with rock on stick." Check out the Combat Form feats, if you get a chance. If you have access to it in your game, the Warblade, with access to the Stone Dragon school, puts out some big numbers in the right situations, though the CO boards will be able to help you fine-tune that better than I can. Ultimately, I think you're right, there's fewer "two-handed-weapon-specific" feats, but maybe that's kind of a good thing, after you look at what you have to blow to get two-weapon fighting... In any event, there's not much of a demand for straight two-handed-fighting feats, probably because it's already kind of better than sword-and-board and two-weapon-fighting except in certain specific situations.
BugHunter 07-10-07, 09:37 PM	The standard feat tree for Power Attack and Weapon Focus tree are good places to start since they work with one or two handed weapons. As far as I know there are no specific feats for two-handed weapons.
Tsh77769 07-14-07, 12:00 AM	Pulverize fore from Champions of ruin. If you hit twice in a round then every hit (including the first does an additional 1D6. Tsh77769
WolfHati 07-14-07, 12:59 AM	I have to second brutal strike from PHB2. It as a fortitude save based on power attack bonus damage, which can be really nasty if you can afford to power attack for a lot.
AAB 07-14-07, 02:29 AM	leap attack. oh, and three mountains style feat from complete warrior is cool if you can convince your DM to allow other bludgeoning weapons than the ones listed (for some reason they only listed ones from the PHB).