Male Orc Fighter Or Antipaladin In Platemail With Falchion Pathfinder

Male Orc Fighter Or Antipaladin In Platemail With Falchion Pathfinder Assuming you're a medium creature, the greatsword gives you 2d6 damage and the falchion gives you 2d4; on average, 7 and 5 damage, respectively, with maximums of 12 and 8, respectively (plus your strength modifier and other modifiers). with the greatsword, you have a ~10% chance to score a critical hit, boosting your damage to an average of 14. While a greatsword will typically do about one third more base damage even after accounting for the extra crits that falchion does. remember that is just base damage, so you are only giving up about 1 point of damage per swing. now with the right choice of feats giving up that single point of damage might be worth it.

Half Orc Fighter Warrior In Plate Armor With Falchion Pathfinder Speed 30 ft. melee mwk falchion 8 (2d4 5 18 20) ranged composite longbow 5 (1d8 2 ×3) tactics. he fights swiftly and silently, his face a placid mask. if one of the other characters in combat has particularly earned his respect and trust, he tries at all times to place himself between that character and any danger. 2d6 is 7 average damage, 14 on crit. 2d4 is 5 average damage 10 on crit. keen greatsword is a 20% chance to threaten, while a keen falchion is 30% chance to threaten. what really makes a 2h fighter barb whatever do damage is the bonus static damage, not the damage die, except at low levels where the die matters a lot. In real games you find out soon that nobody spends their 3 actions standing still and swinging their sword. you will find yourself more often doing move, strike, raise shield trip etc. don't worry though. a fighter with a falchion remains a killer in this game from 1 to 20, it's a fine choice. 15. Though that is just in the real world. in pathfinder, the falchion is more codified and narrowed down. this sword has one curved, sharp edge like a scimitar, with the back edge unsharpened and either flat or slightly curved. its weight is greater toward the end, making it better for chopping rather than stabbing.