Combat Expertise and Power Attack...


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...should, in my opinion, both be Combat Feats. Why? Because they both require training and are only usable in combat (well, you could use Power Attack when breaking a lock, for instance, but *usually* you only use it in combat). Besides, you can only use one Combat Feat in a round and I never liked how some players like to use them both at the same time -- it just doesn't make sense to me.

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Asgetrion wrote:
...should, in my opinion, both be Combat Feats. Why? Because they both require training and are only usable in combat (well, you could use Power Attack when breaking a lock, for instance, but *usually* you only use it in combat). Besides, you can only use one Combat Feat in a round and I never liked how some players like to use them both at the same time -- it just doesn't make sense to me.

The problem with that comes into play when someone wants to use, say, Power Attack with Overhand Chop or with Cleave, either of which makes perfect sense thematically. I think they work better as general feats.

Jeremy Puckett

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hida_jiremi wrote:
Asgetrion wrote:
...should, in my opinion, both be Combat Feats. Why? Because they both require training and are only usable in combat (well, you could use Power Attack when breaking a lock, for instance, but *usually* you only use it in combat). Besides, you can only use one Combat Feat in a round and I never liked how some players like to use them both at the same time -- it just doesn't make sense to me.

The problem with that comes into play when someone wants to use, say, Power Attack with Overhand Chop or with Cleave, either of which makes perfect sense thematically. I think they work better as general feats.

Jeremy Puckett

... *hides is shame* ... you're in fact, correct. I didn't even consider that. Let's forget that I ever posted this thread, okay?

But, seriously, I wouldn't mind seeing the following text being added to the Feat descriptions: "If you're using COmbat Expertise this round, you cannot use Power Attack and vice versa."

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