Monk Style feats... Scorpion Style, Gorgon's Fist, Medusa's Wrath?


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So, as these were the original three "Style" feats in the CRB, are they officially listed as such anywhere?

When the CRB came out, they weren't... but after Ult Combat did that get errata'd anywhere?

Dark Archive

They aren't style feats, why should they be listed as such?


They are the same vein as the ones in UC, the first in the chain is even named Scorpion STYLE, just like tiger, crane, mantis, and such in UC. Thought it might have been errata'd somewhere, as they are so similar.

Dark Archive

Aside from having IUS as a prerequiste and being named 'style', the feats have much more in common with feats chains like Dazzling Display/Shatter Defenses. They are relics of the Pathfinder Alpha, when Combat Feats had to be used in subsequent rounds.
Even the combat feats from the Cheliax companion aren't style feats.


They are regular feats that are "style" by flavor.

"Style Feats" from UC actually have more specific rules involved with them.


Using Medusa's Wrath doesn't require you to be "in" Scorpion Style, and Scorpion Style doesn't take a swift action to "enter" or anything of the sort.

It's just a classic feat chain requirements set up, nothing more.

Grand Lodge

Unless errata'd as "style" feats(which I doubt), they are not "style" feats, and don't count as such.


Scorpion Style isn't a "mode"; it activates by performing a standard action attack and the effect doesn't persist (ie. once performed, all subsequent attacks do not apply the move speed reduction, only the one attack). Retroactive misnomers do not set a standard.

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