I've just noticed that the Cleave ability can be used only once per round, not once per attack, as I previously thought. This makes the Great Cleave much more useful.
See, what I thought was the case was that if Fighter was facing three ogres, and had three attacks normally, he could attack Ogre 1 and kill him, then Cleave Ogre 2. With his second attack, he could then kill Ogre 2, and Cleave Ogre 3. Then, finally, he could use his third regular attack to kill Ogre 3.
The reality is that if Fighter drops Ogre 1, he can Cleave Ogre 2, then use his second regular attack to kill Ogre 2. However, he cannot then Cleave Ogre 3, but rather can only use his third regular attack, leaving him with one very pissed off ogre to fight.
Of course, it's entirely possible that everyone else already knew this.
Archived comment by Andrew:
ReplyDeleteI always thought that you could Cleave once after your normal attacks per round and Great Cleave was that you could cleave up to the number of attacks you have after your normal attacks if that makes any sense? I think tonight I'll go and read more about them since it's what I'm aiming for with Vibius.
Archived comment by me:
ReplyDeleteThe way I thought Cleave worked was that you could make a cleave attack each time you put down a foe, but if you put down a foe with your cleave attack, you didn't get another cleave attack. Great Cleave would then add that additional attack. It was something of a surprise to discover that I was wrong.