Vital Strike vs Power Fist
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 1:15 am
Im playing a Brother Battle whos quite capable at fighting (totalling a goal of 19), and hes also an acomplished physician, with 8 ranks on it. Obviously, when i saw Vital strike i decided it was the coolest thing around, what with him using his medical knowledge to strike vital points. The alternative was to spend points in Power Fist. But, obviously, the other attack, wich requires the martial artist to have actual knowledge of medicine, would be way better. Well, after crunching some numbers, i found out i was mistaken. Assuming i had a perfect perception of 8 (wich i dont, i have 6), considering criticals, and misses, the average damage of Vital strike would be of 7.3, while Power fists average damage would be 7.35 without even using wyrd. With lower goals it gets even worse. So, how can it be that this lvl 10 manouver is outclassed by Tornado Kick, Leaping Kick, Slide kick AND Power fist, all lower level, when it even requires another skill to be maxed to even begin to be in the same league? This strikes me as very poor design.
Any house rules to fix this?
Any house rules to fix this?