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The video explores the Tavern Brawler feat in the context of two game builds, TB Monk and TB Throw, focusing on its pivotal role in significantly enhancing strength or constitution by +1 and doubling the strength modifier for damage and attack rolls. This feat stands out because it uniquely boosts damage without any trade-offs, unlike similar feats such as Sharpshooter or Great Weapon Master. Additionally, it significantly disrupts the core D&D principle of bounded accuracy by increasing success rates in attack rolls, particularly by level four and beyond, thereby reducing the randomness and challenge expected in gameplay. This disruption makes Tavern Brawler immensely powerful and potentially game-breaking.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses two powerful builds in the game that heavily rely on the Tavern Brawler feat: TB Monk and TB Throw. Tavern Brawler is highlighted as an essential component because it boosts strength or constitution by +1 and doubles the strength modifier for damage and attack rolls when making unarmed attacks, using improvised weapons, or throwing objects. For example, a level four monk with 18 strength would see significant damage improvement per punch due to this feat.
The speaker emphasizes that Tavern Brawler dramatically increases damage without any downsides, unlike similar feats like Sharpshooter or Great Weapon Master. Surprisingly, the segment also reveals that the feat’s most compelling trait is not the damage increase but another aspect related to the core design principle of D&D called bounded accuracy. Bounded accuracy aims to balance the relevance of the d20 roll in checks. Tavern Brawler disrupts this balance by effectively making the d20 roll less significant, thus increasing the success rate of checks and reducing the inherent randomness, which can detract from the game’s challenge and fun.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses how the Tavern Brawler feat disrupts bounded accuracy in a game, particularly by providing an overwhelming advantage in attack rolls. By level four, the feat can double a player’s strength modifier, significantly increasing the chance to hit enemies with high armor classes and eliminating much of the randomness involved in roll outcomes. At higher levels, this advantage grows even more pronounced, making attack rolls nearly guaranteed successes against most enemies. The speaker emphasizes that Tavern Brawler’s impact on attack rolls, combined with its early availability and lack of downsides, makes it the most overpowered and game-breaking feat.