Is it worth getting the Power Attack Feat on a Strength-based Dark Path Halfling Monk?
Is it worth getting the Power Attack Feat on a Strength-based Dark Path Halfling Monk?
Those are not pebbles surrounding the urn filled with Human teeth. They are megaliths!
There are two feats EVERY melee character MUST have. Thougness and PA![]()
You should not even ask that.
P.S:
This is sarcastic post, right?
do you plan on hitting mobs?
if the answer is yes, then take PA
0Love Life of an Ooze: One ooze. Idiot hits ooze. Two oozes.
*insert axe*
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I guess with the multiple attacks that a Monk gets with the Flurry of Blows, that +5 damage per hit really begins to add up, right?
Those are not pebbles surrounding the urn filled with Human teeth. They are megaliths!
do you plan on -hurting- mobs?
Heh, couldn't resist :-)
Anyway, I'll add a small tip: power attack can be very useful against DR.
Consider hitting something with DR 10.
10 hits doing 11 damage will only hurt for 10 points (11-10)*10.
5 hits doing 16 damage will hurt for 30 points (16-10)*5.
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If you hit things in melee, use Power Attack. No exceptions.
The nerfing will continue until morale improves!
My dex/wis monk doesnt have PA. I went and took Combat Expertise instead.
Since you cant have both active at the same time, and since both SHOULD be taken off to hit Epic better, I find it a waste of a feat.
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It is so refreshing to hear the voice of reason for a change.
Is PA good? In many situations yes - but as with all stances it is (currently) exclusive and there maybe times that it needs to be deactivated (or it would be decreasing DPS!)
As such, PA is a melee feat strongly worth considering, but there are sometimes better options.
Is Combat Expertise the one that needs 13 Intelligence to take?
The Halfling I made only has 8 Intelligence, so Combat Expertise isn't an option.
If you were wondering, the Stats and Feats taken by Level 6 are as follows:
15 Strength (Inc. +1 Strength from Character Level 4)
18 Dex
14 Con
08 Int
14 Wis
08 Cha
(1) Toughness
(1) Power Attack
(2) Two Weapon Fighting
(3) Least Dragonmark of Healing
(3) Path of Inevitable Dominion
(6) Lesser Dragonmark of Healing
(6) Dodge
At Level 8 I will increase my Strength to 16 and at Level 9 I plan on taking the Greater Dragonmark of Healing.
I've not planned beyond that stage yet, other than expecting to continue with the Two Weapon Fighting Feats for 60% and 80% off-hand chance respectively while putting Level-Up stat points into Strength.
Those are not pebbles surrounding the urn filled with Human teeth. They are megaliths!
See, that is your problem. Nobody should ever play a DEX based monk.
But, even those that do should have PA. Since you aren't doing any real damage anyway with your attacks you need all the help you can get.
Seriously, even on a DEX/WIS monk shooting for massive AC and using CE on a routine basis you should have PA. You do not need to keep AC maxed out but you do need to boost damage. Chances are you are not pulling aggro in any case (except when soloing) so the AC is really wasted. Help the party out with more damage.
So lemme get this right, you find power attack to be a waste of a feat because you can't use it in epic, so you took Combat Expertise instead?
Even if you have to turn them off occasionally +5 damage goes a lot further in epic quests than +5 AC, and if you are talking about non-epics then there is pretty much no reason power attack should ever be turned off, especially on a low AC str based character.
Good character choice btw. I love my Str based Dark Halfling Monk. So much I TRed it for extra fist damageAnd yes, it has Power Attack
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It's not important how many people I've killed, It's important how i get along with the people that are still alive.