Pole Fighting from Polearm Master as a Feat?

[matafuego]

Hey guys:

Pole Fighting from Polearm Master, a Fighter archetype, reads like this:

APG wrote:

Pole Fighting (Ex)

At 2nd level, as an immediate action, a polearm master can shorten the grip on his spear or polearm with reach and use it against adjacent targets. This action results in a –4 penalty on attack rolls with that weapon until he spends another immediate action to return to the normal grip. The penalty is reduced by –1 for every four levels beyond 2nd.

This ability replaces Bravery.

Do you think it's possible to convert it into a FEAT?

I have a player who is using a different archetype, but would like to have this ability.

What do you think?

Thanks a lot!

[StabbittyDoom]

You don't even really need a feat for this if all you want is to attack adjacent. You can use the pole-arm as an improvised great-club. That said, if he wants to do this it is completely fair as a feat. Basically he'd go from 1d10 with 20/x2 (treating it as improvised great club) to 1d10 20/x3.

I'd probably do the following: Allow him a feat to switch as a *free* action with no penalty (only during your turn). The Polearm Master's shtick is the immediate action part (they can do it when you assume you're safe). I'd add an "or free" to the Polearm Master's ability as well, so they don't need to spend their swift to do it on their own turn, but this assumes someone else plays that.

[Crimson Jester]

It was in fact a feat, back in an old issue of Dragon.

And while you can still use those feats, they are backwards compatible, one or two might need tweaks.