How does the Artful Dodge feat interact with others?


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You are practiced at avoiding attacks when outnumbered.

Prerequisite: Int 13.
Benefit: If you are the only character threatening an opponent, you gain a +1 dodge bonus to AC against that opponent.
Special: The Artful Dodge feat acts as the Dodge feat for the purpose of satisfying prerequisites that require Dodge.
You can use Intelligence, rather than Dexterity, for feats with a minimum Dexterity prerequisite.

At first glance, the last line of this feat just lets you bypass Dexterity prerequisites with your Intelligence, but looking closer it says "use Intelligence [...] for feats with a minimum Dexterity prerequisite" when it should say "use intelligence to meet minimum Dexterity prerequisites for feats" to mean that.

So I'm asking, does this feat
(1) allow you to use intelligence to meet minimum Dexterity prerequisites for feats, or
(2) does it allow you to replace the word "Dexterity" with the word "Intelligence" in any feat, so long as that feat has a minimum Dexterity prerequisite?

Scarab Sages Developer

(1)

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Thanks!


Owen K. C. Stephens wrote:
(1)

To narrow the question down even more: can you replace the intelligence prerequisites for feats in ANY feat, or just in feats that would normally require Dodge as a prerequisite as well?

In other words: is the last sentence (shown enlarged in the quote in the original post) an extra bonus to the first sentence in "Special", or does it work like that for any feat, even those that do not require dodge as prerequisite?

Scarab Sages

Kroisos wrote:
Owen K. C. Stephens wrote:
(1)

To narrow the question down even more: can you replace the intelligence prerequisites for feats in ANY feat, or just in feats that would normally require Dodge as a prerequisite as well?

In other words: is the last sentence (shown enlarged in the quote in the original post) an extra bonus to the first sentence in "Special", or does it work like that for any feat, even those that do not require dodge as prerequisite?

Yes. You can use Intelligence instead of Dexterity to qualify for Two Weapon Fighting feats, or for Archery Feats or any other feat that had a Dexterity prerequisite. It is not limited to feats that have dodge as a prerequisite.


On a related note, I've always thought Artful Dodge and a dip in swashbuckler would be excellent for a two-weapon fighting paladin. You can qualify for the Two-Weapon Fighting line with your Charisma while keeping Dexterity at a minimum and wearing full plate.

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Dirty Fighting is also hard to ignore as a "ignore prereqs" kind of feat. Allows for a big brawny all-STR build with loads of versatility, and the dumping of DEX and INT is nothing to sneeze at.

You can take advantage of a distracted foe.

Benefit(s): When you attempt a combat maneuver check against a foe you are flanking, you can forgo the +2 bonus on your attack roll for flanking to instead have the combat maneuver not provoke an attack of opportunity. If you have a feat or ability that allows you to attempt the combat maneuver without provoking an attack of opportunity, you can instead increase the bonus on your attack roll for flanking to +4 for the combat maneuver check.

Special: This feat counts as having Dex 13, Int 13, Combat Expertise, and Improved Unarmed Strike for the purposes of meeting the prerequisites of the various improved combat maneuver feats, as well as feats that require those improved combat maneuver feats as prerequisites.

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