Bulls Strength and the belt are the same bonus type, and therefore don't stack. You just get the larger bonus (the spell in this case).
yes you can, since jotungrip specify that the character consider the 2h weapons as one handed, the biggest problems is you have to add another -2 to the twf penalties making them -6/-6 penalties to your primary atacks (considering you have to weapon fighting feat)
i hope it helps
also, if you are interested, there are lots of homebrews in the messageboards fixing some of the biggest problems that this archetype has
Ill take a look
But yeah, it was cool looking when I first saw it but the drawbacks are pretty terrible
I know, i have one, a kobold titan mauler, afortunally my master allow me to make a fix as long as it has sense and it's not mechanically overpowered so i did :P
here i shared my fix, you can check it
http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qgwp?Homebrew-Titan-mauler#1
Is Hero Labs broken that it will let me dual wield Large sized Dwarven waraxes?
Nope. Dwarven waraxe is a one-handed weapon. Large Dwarven waraxe is a two-handed weapon. Jotungrip lets you dual-wield them.
And Massive Weapons is an embarrassment on par with Prone Shooter and Ferocious Summons.
Massive weapons is a usable ability. It just does't do what folks want it to do. It works fine for twf with two identical weapons, one being oversized.
I, fom my part, am glad that it is like it is because I do not like this large twohanded weapon stuff. For me it is cheese.
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Massive weapons is a usable ability. It just does't do what folks want it to do.
It doesn't do what the writer of the archetype wanted it to do, by his own admission on this very forum.
That's right. But apparently someone else at paizo thought it was better to not allow oversized two-handed weapons. And I think this was the right decision.
Still the ability is not as useless as others. It just doesn't do what it is expected to do.
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That's right. But apparently someone else at paizo thought it was better to not allow oversized two-handed weapons. And I think this was the right decision.
Still the ability is not as useless as others. It just doesn't do what it is expected to do.
You're assuming that functionality was edited out. In which case I'd have thought a note about "no impossibly big weapons" would be added, especially as the crunch now contradicts the fluff of the archetype.
As I remember it, the writer just failed to write an ability that actually worked. But I can't be arsed to search the forum for it.
In 3.5 there was a monster ability called Powerful Build which treated a creature as one size category larger for the purposes of grappling and what sized weapons they could wield.
Just home-brew replace Massive Weapons with Powerful Build and the Titan Mauler works as intended with little headache.
Using a big weapon is cheese? You know most of the damage a barbarian does is from a static bonus, right?Massive weapons is a usable ability. It just does't do what folks want it to do. It works fine for twf with two identical weapons, one being oversized.
I, fom my part, am glad that it is like it is because I do not like this large twohanded weapon stuff. For me it is cheese.
Cheese is not the same as overpowered.
Things can be weak and still be cheese. But using oversized three-handed weapons is so THAT AGAIN.
That's right. But apparently someone else at paizo thought it was better to not allow oversized two-handed weapons. And I think this was the right decision.
Still the ability is not as useless as others. It just doesn't do what it is expected to do.
You're assuming that functionality was edited out. In which case I'd have thought a note about "no impossibly big weapons" would be added, especially as the crunch now contradicts the fluff of the archetype.
As I remember it, the writer just failed to write an ability that actually worked. But I can't be arsed to search the forum for it.
It's been a while since I've read the comment but I believe the writer said it was specifically taken out because the devs thought it was overpowered.
The best use of titan mauler I've seen was my friend using Titan Mauler 2/Two-Weapon Warrior(Fighter) 11 to dual wield scythes at a -2/-2.
Mechanically optimized? Absolutely not. Coolest thing ever? Hell yes. His damage was so good even the party was scared of him.
The best use of titan mauler I've seen was my friend using Titan Mauler 2/Two-Weapon Warrior(Fighter) 11 to dual wield scythes at a -2/-2.
Mechanically optimized? Absolutely not. Coolest thing ever? Hell yes. His damage was so good even the party was scared of him.
If I am doing the math correctly, they should be swinging at -4/-4.
Jotungrip (Titan Mauler) allows you to wield a two-handed weapon in one hand with a -2 penalty to attack rolls. Improved Balance (Two-Weapon Warrior) allows you to treat a one-handed weapon in your off-hand "as if it were a light weapon with the normal light weapon penalties." The normal light weapon penalties, assuming you have the two-weapon fighting feat, are -2/-2. You then have to apply the penalty from Jotungrip, making the attacks -4/-4.
That's right. But apparently someone else at paizo thought it was better to not allow oversized two-handed weapons. And I think this was the right decision.
Still the ability is not as useless as others. It just doesn't do what it is expected to do.
It's been a while since I've read the comment but I believe the writer said it was specifically taken out because the devs thought it was overpowered.
Nope, the writer messed up: http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2n3tb?Titan-Mauler-what-can-and-cant-it-wield#7