Great Weapon Fighting, Brutal Critical, and 2D6 Weapons

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#1

KarlB

Aug 19, 2014 14:14:02

Hi folks!

 

I haven't seen a thread about this so far, and I'm hoping for some feedback (or hopefully, an official errata):

 

Two weapons could be used: a 1d12 Greataxe or a 2D6 Greatsword. In the case of Greataxe, it's pretty straight forward, so we won't be using it. My confusion lies with the Greatsword here.

 

- Great Weapon Fighting: The style says you can reroll a die if you get a 1 or 2 on the damage roll. So what happens if you use a Greatsword? Do you reroll just one die if you see a 1 or 2? Do you reroll both dice if both dice get a 1 or 2. Do you reroll both dice if only one of the two dice rolls a 1 or 2?

 

- Brutal Critical (Barbarian): You get an additional damage die for landing a critical. With a 2D6 weapon, does that mean you would add only one D6, or both? At 13th level, would that be an extra 2D6 or 4D6? At 17th, is that an extra 3D6 or 6D6?

#2

BookooHundo

Aug 19, 2014 19:44:33

With GRF you reroll both d6's from a greatsword hit if both roll a 1 or 2. For Brutal Critical, much like for regular criticals, you simply add one of the dice agan, and another single die with each increase.

 

It looks like the greatsword is meant for the fighter and the greataxe is meant for the barbarian.

#3

Plaguescarred1

Aug 19, 2014 14:46:39

KarlB wrote:
(Reply to #2)

Danny_Montanny

BookooHundo wrote:
#5

BookooHundo

Aug 19, 2014 19:42:38

Danny_Montanny wrote:
#6

Psikerlord

Aug 19, 2014 19:56:12

Yep if you're playing a half orc, or a barbarian (or both!), and like high spike damage... great axe looks pretty darn sweet!