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Does powerful build from half giants grant a size increase to unarmed damage? There is a build that I have seen that is designed to use half giant with enlarge person and strong jaw on a Monk character to increase damage to insane levels. Does this actually work? I lean towards the side that by RAW powerful build shouldn't increase unarmed damage. I have looked and haven't found any official rulings. It just seems too powerful for a monk to increase damage by 4 size categories. Anyone have a definitive ruling?
RAW the Powerful Build ability does nothing for unarmed attacks. It says "can use weapons designed for a creature one size larger without penalty", it doesn't say "treat weapons a half-giant uses as though one size larger when dealing damage".
Exactly, it does nothing. Also note that the base weapon damage dice are the smallest part of your total damage by mid level, and any attempt to focus on them will be less powerful than you'd think.
What book is the half-giant from?
I love the typo in the title: "powful" build. My build is full of POW!!!
Whoops! Didn't even notice that. I was rushing when I typed my question out, but I went back and edited my terrible grammer and spelling in my post and didn't double check my title. That's failure on my part.
Or maybe, it's success.
I guess it depends on the point of view. All the same, if the title can be edited to the correct spelling it may be more helpful to others in the future who have this same question.