Power Attack + Combat Expertise = ?


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Can you combine Power Attack and Combat Expertise when you're attacking so that you would gain a larger attack penalty for an increase to both damage and AC?

Grand Lodge

Pathfinder PF Special Edition, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

Yes you can. the penalties on the "to hit" roll stack. However most fighters who are Power Attack monsters tend to not have the Int to qualify for Combat Expertise.


Waffle_Neutral wrote:
Can you combine Power Attack and Combat Expertise when you're attacking so that you would gain a larger attack penalty for an increase to both damage and AC?

Though it seems a little counter-intuitive, I don't see why not. Each declaration doesn't use an action so they look compatitible.

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