Fighter Variant - Slayer [ACF sorta]

[gooddragon1]

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[Temotei]

The fighter doesn't have an issue with numbers (attack rolls, damage rolls); in fact, they're really good at that sort of thing. This takes away any versatility the fighter had and just makes their numbers a tiny bit better sometimes.

So, yeah, this lowers them in the tier list. Dungeoncrasher fighter is impossible to take now, so that's gone. They're probably still tier 5, though.

[Just to Browse]

Agreed with what Temotei said. A lot of damage and sheer combat power can actually come pretty independent of class features for things in Tier 5 and below, so what you need to the exclusion of all else is more stuff to do. Any fixes that give the fighter less stuff to do will instead achieve the inverse effect and shoehorn them further down the tier tree.

You want horizontal power, not vertical power, but this would probably do for an NPC class if you didn't want to bother choosing feats.

[Lappy9001]

Well, really there's not much to it, really, although it is an idea I haven't seen before.

You'd probably be better off just giving the fighter Favored Enemy like the ranger as a variant (or something similar). The damage boost ends up being same-ish, and it would give some bonuses to skills the fighter needs help with anyway. Doing this should only remove a few bonus feats, not all of them. Unfortunately with this variant, the fighter is limited to hit & damage and nothing else.

If you want something that could make the fighter better against weaker opponents, maybe something against enemies with a lower Hit Dice?