Great Weapon Fighting + Savage Attacker.

[Tawmis]

So...

Great Weapon Fighting, a player (me!) can re-roll 1s and 2s for damage.

Now I also have Savage Attacker as Feat.

So does this mean, I would roll my Savage Attacker attacks (let's just say 2D8).

Now when I roll that 2D8, I can re-roll my 1s and 2s.

So let's say my first roll is a 1 and a 6. I re-roll my 1 and get a 5. So now I have a 5 and a 6.

Now, since it's Savage Attacker, I can re-roll that (and take the higher of the two).

So I roll for my second potential damage, and roll a 2 and 4. I re-roll the 2 and get an 8.

So now I have a 5 and 6 and a 2 and an 8. (So I'd take the 5 and 6).

I just want to make sure I am understanding that the Great Weapon (re-roll 1 and 2) works with both Savage Attacker rolls?

[Rukelnikov]

Its exactly as you wrote.

[Yunru]

You got it!

Although Savage Attacker isn't worth it unless you're a monster, and then it's only okay.

[Rara1212]

On the next to last line, isn't the 2 in damage supposed to be 4? As you rolled 2 & 4 and rerolled the 2

[Rukelnikov]

On the next to last line, isn't the 2 in damage supposed to be 4? As you rolled 2 & 4 and rerolled the 2

Yep, youre right lol

[Tawmis]

On the next to last line, isn't the 2 in damage supposed to be 4? As you rolled 2 & 4 and rerolled the 2

Hah! You are correct! :D


You got it!
Although Savage Attacker isn't worth it unless you're a monster, and then it's only okay.

Our DM does "Birthday Feats" - so we have a small pool of FEATS we get as a "Bonus" for it being our (actual) birthday.

So as a Fighter, I took Savage Attacker.

I felt like it compliments the Great Weapon Fighting style (for the reasons above; re-rolling 1s and 2s, once) for damage. Then doing Savage Attacker to re-roll those dice for higher results, once again re-rolling 1s and 2s (once) for damage.

[N810]

To get the most out of this combo, roll the largest die possible (d10's & d12's).

[Yunru]

To get the most out of this combo, roll the largest die possible (d10's & d12's).
Yes, with a d12, you add almost 2 whole points of damage to your average (1.99)... for one attack.
God Savage Attacker sucks.

[N810]

Agreed, it should be a half feat.

[Yunru]

So I ran the numbers just for posterity:
1d4: +1.125
1d6: +1.4722222222231003
1d8: +1.8125
1d10: +2.15
1d12: +2.4861111111085994
2d6: +1.37191358024676
2d8: +1.845703125
3d8: +2.7531585693353993
4d8: +2.5974893569953474
5d8: +3.401296038180197


My take from all this is that Savage Attacker would be a decent feat if it weren't restricted to 1/turn.