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motteditor wrote:
I've also never been a big fan of cleave, since I just don't think it comes up that often (though I sort of remember it was tweaked in Pathfinder from 3.x, so maybe I should doublecheck that).
Pathfinder OGL wrote:


Cleave (Combat) - You can strike two adjacent foes with a single swing.
Prerequisites: Str 13, Power Attack, base attack bonus +1.

Benefit: As a standard action, you can make a single attack at your full base attack bonus against a foe within reach. If you hit, you deal damage normally and can make an additional attack (using your full base attack bonus) against a foe that is adjacent to the first and also within reach. You can only make one additional attack per round with this feat. When you use this feat, you take a –2 penalty to your Armor Class until your next turn.

So now Cleave comes up whenever you want to make a single attack vs multiple targets. The 3.5 version was better in certain circumstances, like when you had a large number of relatively weak opponents ganging up on you and the ability to make a full attack, but I prefer this version. It gives you an additional combat action to choose from, rather than an ability that only triggers when you get lucky. (Not that you can set yourself up for that kind of luck.)