View Full Version : D&D 5e/Next Whirlwind Attack instead of Extra Attack??
Lalliman
2018-07-31, 03:24 AM
How reasonable would it be to have a class that gains the Hunter's Whirlwind Attack at 5th level, in place of Extra Attack?
The way I see it:
+ It deals more damage than Extra Attack if there are three or more targets. Massively more in the rare chance that you're fighting a dense formation.
- It's slightly inferior to Extra Attack if there are two targets. Same damage output, but it must be spread out.
- It's obviously worse than Extra Attack if there is only one target.
- It doesn't work with ranged attacks at all.
It sounds like a reasonable trade to me, but are there any factors I'm overlooking?
Amnoriath
2018-07-31, 12:07 PM
How reasonable would it be to have a class that gains the Hunter's Whirlwind Attack at 5th level, in place of Extra Attack?
The way I see it:
+ It deals more damage than Extra Attack if there are three or more targets. Massively more in the rare chance that you're fighting a dense formation.
- It's slightly inferior to Extra Attack if there are two targets. Same damage output, but it must be spread out.
- It's obviously worse than Extra Attack if there is only one target.
- It doesn't work with ranged attacks at all.
It sounds like a reasonable trade to me, but are there any factors I'm overlooking?
The main question I need to ask is what is this for? The main question you need to ask yourself is what else is there that will make Whirlwind Attack better?
Vogie
2018-07-31, 01:24 PM
How reasonable would it be to have a class that gains the Hunter's Whirlwind Attack at 5th level, in place of Extra Attack?
The way I see it:
+ It deals more damage than Extra Attack if there are three or more targets. Massively more in the rare chance that you're fighting a dense formation.
- It's slightly inferior to Extra Attack if there are two targets. Same damage output, but it must be spread out.
- It's obviously worse than Extra Attack if there is only one target.
- It doesn't work with ranged attacks at all.
It sounds like a reasonable trade to me, but are there any factors I'm overlooking?
I could see it... almost like a Cleaving attack.
You could do something similar while allowing range by creating a variant on the wording from Hunter Ranger's Horde Breaker ability instead.
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