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...for our homebrew campaign.
Power Attack
Automatic to anyone with STR 13 or higher.
Deadly Aim
Automatic to anyone with DEX 13 or higher.
Combat Expertise
Automatic to anyone with INT 13 or higher.
Piranha Strike
Done away with.
Weapon Finesse
A weapon trait rather than a combat feat, applicable to most light weapons and some others such as whips and rapiers. The trait replaces STR with DEX for attack and damage bonus automatically.
Multishot
Done away with.
Improved Rapid Shot (new feat)
As Improved Two-Weapon Fighting with ranged attacks.
Greater Rapid Shot (new feat)
As Greater Two-Weapon Fighting with ranged attacks.
Double Shot (new feat)
As Multishot, but usable only when making a standard attack action.
Improved [Combat Maneuver]
Done away with.
[Combat Maneuver] Strike
Greater serves as a pre-requisite rather than Improved.
Critical Focus
Automatic critical confirmation. No longer a pre-requisite for Critical feats.
Stunning Critical
Done away with.
Dazing Assault
Done away with.
Stunning Assault
Done away with.
Improved Unarmed Strike (Unarmed attacks are considered martial weapons)
Grants +2 damage with unarmed strikes as well as a +2 bonus to CMD and a +2 bonus to CMB when unarmed.
Vital Strike
+1 BAB pre-requisite. Usable whenever you take a standard action. Advanced automatically to Improved at +11 BAB and to Greater at +16 BAB.
Point Blank Shot
Done away with.
Split Focus (new feat)
When making a full attack action, you can attack more than one target. Each attack still only has one target. Normal: When making a full attack action, all attacks must be made against the same target.
Dodge
+1 BAB pre-requisite. Grants +1 Dodge bonus which advances to +2 at +11 BAB and +3 at +16 BAB. Usable only when wearing light or no armor.
Medium Armor Expertise (new feat)
+1 BAB and medium armor proficiency pre-requisite. Grants +1 armor bonus when wearing medium armor which advances to +2 at +11 BAB and +3 at +16 BAB.
Heavy Armor Expertise (new feat)
+1 BAB and heavy armor proficiency pre-requisite. Grants +1 armor bonus when wearing heavy armor which advances to +2 at +11 BAB and +3 at +16 BAB.
Born Lucky (new feat)
Gain +1 feat bonus to all saves.
Shorthand (new feat)
May use a reach weapon against an adjacent foe, but damage is halved.
Ok, some interesting changes. Not sure why on a few, but interesting none the less.
Has this had a great impact on your melee classes?
Critical Focus seems a tad much to me. I would just remove it as a pre-req, maybe increase it to +6 or +8.
Overall though, cool ideas. Would definitely use this for inspiration for a very martial focused campaign.
So Dex based figthers are screw?
Piranha Strike
Done away with.
Hardly.
Weapon Finesse
A weapon trait rather than a combat feat, applicable to most light weapons and some others such as whips and rapiers. The trait replaces STR with DEX for attack and damage bonus automatically.
Deadly Aim
Automatic to anyone with DEX 13 or higher.
Power Attack
Automatic to anyone with STR 13 or higher.
In other words, 1) they get Weapon Finesse for free AND they benefit from DEX for damage, again for free, 2) they get Deadly Aim for free which is very nice to have for those times that melee isn't an option and 3) all they need is a 13 STR to get Power Attack for free as well.
With a light weapon, a STR of 13+ and a DEX of 13+ they get three free feats - I'd hardly call that screwed. Oh, and they also get a more advanced version of Dodge as well. Dexterity-based fighters are actually a lot better under this system.
Split Focus (new feat)
When making a full attack action, you can attack more than one target. Each attack still only has one target. Normal: When making a full attack action, all attacks must be made against the same target.
This seems like a weird and unnecesary feat
quoatin the rules
" You do not need to specify the targets of your attacks ahead of time. You can see how the earlier attacks turn out before assigning the later ones."
We're helping out Fighters a LOT by doing away with a number of feat pre-req's and handing out free feats like candy... as a bit of balance, we've adopted the rule that you can't split full round attacks between multiple foes without the feat quoted. It makes sense to us that someone (including non-martial types) might not be able to make 3 attacks against 3 different foes in a single round without a bit of training - which is why I included the 'normal' text in the new feat description.
Ok, some interesting changes. Not sure why on a few, but interesting none the less.
Has this had a great impact on your melee classes?
Most of the feats make a lot more sense to us with the changes. Its given all the martials a little more versatility, given there are many fewer 'tax' feats or pre-requisites out there. Its helped out the non-martials a little as well, making some feats that were previously unattainable available - usually more for flavor purposes than anything else.