Talk:Single Weapon Fighting

This seems to be a lost Feat for any S&B Fighter/Paladin/Whatever out there (with a slim "exception" when activating another Feat from a specific Class for a couple of minutes, i.e. the Bard's Swashbuckler enhancement tree). As such, one would be better off with THF or TWF. But why does getting proficient at using a shield + sword should have anything to do with changing class to a bard and its Feats for instance? Why doesn't a pure Fighter, Barbarian or Paladin can't get as good as a bard when equipping shield+sword? IMHO it shouldn't be like this as it doesn't make sense. While at it, we should be able to add a feat to the Paladins making them sing gregorian chants like bards so as to get S&B proficiency... --HawkFest (Contributions • Message) 10:11, July 8, 2014 (EDT)


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 * My two cents are the fact "Sword and Board", like two weapon fighting, is still engaging the enemy with two items. SWF, like two-handed-weapon fighting, is the concentration on a single weapon.  Bucklers--while nominally shields--are more "shields of opportunity" and--functionally--a place to add more equipment procs.  You could build a SWF paladin or barb, but you're giving up that added shield defensive ability for a single-minded concentration on one weapon in one hand.  Fighter, kensai, especially, seems to be a ripe candidate in ideal form for a SWF build and I expect a SWF kensai who focuses on one weapon and one weapon type would be more powerful DPS than a bard or barbarian.  (Would have suggested a bard/paladin, but we know that's impossible.  I like your Gregorian chanting paladin idea though.  A "warchanter" paladin variant would be pretty interesting as an enhancement... Deathbunny (Contributions • Message) 20:13, July 15, 2014 (EDT)