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Hey all, just reveiwing playtest material and...is it just me, or do martial damage dice just seem ridiculously high at higher levels? I like the idea of faster battles and all, but it seems like monster hit points don't scale with PC damage output enough to make a fight, you know, last for more than a couple of rounds. What I want are multiple rounds but with each round moving faster. To me, that creates a more action-packed, cinematic game. 

The idea I have to combat that is to put a cap on the number of dice you can add to a damage roll. Say at levels 5, 7, and 9 you can add a max of 1 die less than your total bonus dice to a damage roll. Now, you can opt to roll all of them, but you then take the 2/3/4 highest. Cap the bonus added to damage rolls at 4 dice at levels after 9. That would force fighters to, you know, actually use their cool maneuvers rather than simply dump all their dice into damage.

Thoughts, anyone?

Yeah, I would like to see MDD as weapon damage dice too. And how about instead of combat surge a maneuver that lets you dump, say, 3 dice to make an addtional attack on your turn?