| Bunnimaru |
So say you have a level 6 samurai, which of course has the challenge ability, and a keen Nodachi, which is a 15-20 critical threat with +4 Strength (18 in other words).
Does this mean once they challenge somebody, they can just do an unbelievably enormous amount of damage to them?
What I'm saying is, they will crit very nearly 1 out of every 4 attacks, provided they hit with the confirmations, and with the bonuses from being very focused on a weapon, that's pretty likely, as Samurai also get lots of bonuses on critical confirmation rolls on top of having access to weapon feats)
So what you're saying is that 1 out of every 4 attacks is going do do something ridiculous like 2d10+12+2 (+12 for two handing and getting str X 1.5 for +6, doubled) (+2 for the +1 weapon bonus X2) and on top of that another +12 for the challenge bonus of class level extra damage also multiplied by 2. That's a maximum damage of 46 damage on a regular attack. Since at that level power attack also deals +4 damage, if you add that in that is 54 damage. Just from one attack.
I am wondering if I am doing the math correctly here. Because if this is true, a Samurai who gets the Keen enchantment on a Nodachi is going to be able to easily kill an adult dragon by themselves at Level 6, possibly even lower. I'm not wrong, right? I was wondering if you guys had any suggestions how I could nerf this without altering the rules.