This means youd need to crit on 15 of your hits for it to be worth it.

Assuming a 10 misses and an 11 hits, here are the chances and expected (pre-modifier) damages: X Miss Non-Crit Crit Greatsword Greataxe Normal 50 45 5 4.025 3.9 Advantage 25 65.25 9.75 6.27375 6.1425 Normal 19-20 50 40 10 4.55 4.55 Advantage 19-20 25 56 19 7.245 7.345 This is assuming a pretty high AC, but its reasonable if you are using Great Weapon Master or facing a particularly tough enemy.

Damage Consistency is better with Greatswords, but that is hard to quantify.

You waste less damage overkilling enemies with massive crits.

Greatswords are more likely to kill even when you dont crit, so youll get more bonus attacks.

Savage Attacker is better with Greataxes, but is a mediocre feat overall, only adding a couple damage a round.

Ultimate cool. Nobody fucks with a barbarian using a two handed war hammer.

Edit: MAUL War hammers are great if one hand is occupied, say with a goblin skull.

Share Report Save Continue this thread level 2 1 year ago Plus, who cares if 50 of my 60 damage was overflow.

Dealing 60 damage is more fun than 10 12 Share Report Save level 2 1 year ago True, but I have two words for you to consider: Swordchucks yo 4 Share Report Save level 2 1 year ago In that case, I give you my counterpoint: Greatswords are also cool Ha, what say you to that 5 Share Report Save Continue this thread level 1 1 year ago What this data actually shows, and has shown every time someone calculates it, is that the two are so close that you wont notice the difference.

Share Report Save level 2 DM, old and grumpy 1 year ago Yeah, this isnt a mmo where you gotta squeeze out every last shred of extra damage you can because itll add up to hundreds of thousands of damage by the end of the boss fight.

Share Report Save Continue this thread level 2 Original Poster 1 year ago Yeah, I just get tired of people arguing that Greataxe is better because of half-orc and reckless.

Ive started posting long write-ups of things just so that I can link them instead of arguing.

Share Report Save Continue this thread level 2 1 year ago Yep, if youre trying to minmax youll find more difference happens by choosing Half-OrcDragonbornMountain Dwarf over any race without 2 str.

But honestly if were looking at 1 point of damage different 9 times out of 10 then just pick the one you have more fun with.

What weapon makes the most sense for your RP, not what does the most damage.

But sometimes you want big risks and big gains.

Share Report Save level 2 Fighter 1 year ago Also, you know, a greatsword isnt as thematically appropriate for a barbarian as a greataxe is.

Share Report Save level 2 1 year ago Does a greatsword chop down doors In DD land, the great sword does that too yes, theres probably a way to do that with a whip in DD land In real life (which DD is not, just saying), a viking war axe is going to be damaged chopping at a door because its not a lumberjack axe.

You can find articles from people who study viking axes talking about that: 12 Share Report Save level 2 1 year ago I now want to play a barbarian who is actually just Paul Bunyan.

Maybe multiclass to Ranger to get an animal companion thats an ox.

Share Report Save level 1 1 year ago I want a 3d4 weapon.

MAXIMUM MEDIUM 52 Share Report Save level 2 Original Poster 1 year ago Homebrew trident.

Share Report Save Continue this thread level 2 1 year ago oh the delicious brokeness youd get up to combining that with great weapon fighting style.

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