I was thinking about multiclassing into Bloodrager for the class skills and rage ability and noticed that the Samurai class' Challenge ability and the Bloodrage ability might conflict. Spoiled below is the Samurai Challenge and the Bloodrage ability. The barbarian's regular rage ability might also apply as well.
My current stats:
Tiefling Samurai 4 (Going to 5th soon)
STR: 18
DEX: 17
CON: 12
INT: 14
WIS: 10
CHA: 5
Main weapon: Adamantine Nodachi +1
Feats chosen: Power Attack and Furious Focus.
Samurai Challenge:
Challenge (Ex): Once per day, a samurai can challenge a foe to combat. As a swift action, the samurai chooses one target within sight to challenge. The samurai's melee attacks deal extra damage when made against the target of his challenge. This extra damage is equal to the samurai's level. The samurai can use this ability once per day at 1st level, plus one additional time per day for every three levels beyond 1st, to a maximum of seven times per day at 19th level.
Challenging a foe requires much of the samurai's concentration. The samurai takes a –2 penalty to his Armor Class, except against attacks made by the target of his challenge.
The challenge remains in effect until the target is dead or unconscious, or until the combat ends. Each samurai's challenge also includes another effect, which is listed in the section describing the samurai's order.
Bloodrage:
A bloodrager can enter a bloodrage as a free action. While in a bloodrage, a bloodrager gains a +4 morale bonus to his Strength and Constitution, as well as a +2 morale bonus on Will saves. In addition, he takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class. The increase to Constitution grants the bloodrager 2 hit points per Hit Die, but these disappear when the bloodrage ends and are not lost first like temporary hit points. While bloodraging, a bloodrager cannot use any Charisma-, Dexterity-, or Intelligence-based skills (except Acrobatics, Fly, Intimidate, and Ride) or any ability that requires patience or concentration.
What I'm wondering is that if I issue a Samurai Challenge on a target, and then go into a Bloodrage, would my bonus to damage from the Samurai Challenge disappear due to the Bloodrage? If it doesn't work, then should I even bother multiclassing? I originally intended to make this character into a crit-fisher with either the Keen enchantment or Improved Critical.
