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The new text has an almost opposite effect of the original Demanding Challenge. If with a 5' step the target can get away from the Cavalier and attack a new target, he is better off doing so, as he will not suffer the -2AC until the Cavalier moves; which then forces the Cavalier to delay until after the target goes in order to keep the pressure on him.

So now we have a case of the mob running away from the Cavalier to avoid the penalty, whereas we had the Cavalier running away from the mob to keep the penalty on it in the prior version.

Perhaps give the Cavalier a free Step Up when dealing with his challenge target, so that if the target wants to get away, it actually has to move and not just step. This still doesn't give the feeling that the target has to pay attention to the Cavalier though.

How about if the Cavalier melee attacks a challenged mob (just attacks, doesn't need to hit), he inflicts a -2 AC on the target, until the beginning of Cavaliers next round, or until the target attacks the Cavalier.

Could even make the penalty to AC extend until the end of the Cavaliers next turn so the he gets the benefit of the debuff, as he is facing a cowardly enemy.

Cackle is listed as extending the duration of the Ward hex by 1 round. However, Ward really doesn't have a duration of it's own as it wears off once the target is hit or fails a save. Does this extend it one round past that? And if that is the case, will continuing to cackle keep Ward going indefinitely?

Ward Hex has no range listed, and touch is not implied anywhere in the text.

I haven't played anything of appreciable level in some time, particularly in a Pathfinder game. How useful are those 2nd, 3rd etc attacks that fighters and such get, given their decreased chance to hit?

I could probably run some numbers, but numbers don't match actual play experience in most cases. I'm mainly concerned because I'm looking at going down the two-weapon fighting tree, and if the high dex and feat requirements for the later don't turn out to be all that viable, I'll look at other options.

Thanks