|
You must prove yourself through single combat.Prerequisite: You must have defeated a single challenging foe without any aid from another, or have the Champion of a God, Champion of the People, Competition Champion, or Gladiator background.
Benefit: As a swift action, you can declare a single combat challenge to one foe within 50 feet and in line of sight. Upon doing so, you gain a +1 bonus on attack rolls and a +1 dodge bonus to AC against that foe as long as no one else threatens that opponent or until the single combat challenge ends. If another combatant attacks you or your foe, the challenge ends and you take a —2 penalty on attack rolls and to AC for 1 round. Though you can declare a single combat challenge at will, once you declare it on a foe you can't declare it on the same foe for another 24 hours.
Goal: Defeat an appropriate number of challenging foes in single combat. These combats must not be interrupted by other creatures, and the foes must not have already been substantially injured or impaired prior to combat with you.
Completion Benefit: Your bonuses for single combat increase to +2. In addition, any confirmed critical hits you make against such a foe deal an additional 1d6 points of damage.
This is a foe or group of foes with a total CR of 10 or a CR of 3 plus your character level, whichever is higher. If this refers to a distinct individual, the foe's CR is set when the feat is taken, but the foe advances in power as you do. Otherwise, it refers to your current level. A typical recurring foe advances in CR by 1 for every 1—2 levels you gain.
A mirror match would only have a CR of your character level, so you would have to fight something of power similar to three duplicates of yourself.
You could certainly fight high level commoners or or cheat, but if you try to achieve the goal of the feat without cheating, your chances are rather slim.So, has anyone used the feat and completed it RAW?
Yeah, glancing over what you quoted it does seem like a tall order to complete. However - consider that NPCs typically has less gear, which means a PC might be able to overpower a higher level NPC...
If I were to try this, the intended way, I would probably pick a class with great nova potential and good single target shenanigans, like a Paladin or Swashbuckler - and pick up a few duelling feats like Osyluth Guile. Both of these can improve their single target survivability (Cha to deflection & Parry) and thus might be able to strike above their weight in CR
Sadly I've not been given the opportunity to try it out myself
|
|
Yeah, glancing over what you quoted it does seem like a tall order to complete. However - consider that NPCs typically has less gear, which means a PC might be able to overpower a higher level NPC...
If I were to try this, the intended way, I would probably pick a class with great nova potential and good single target shenanigans, like a Paladin or Swashbuckler - and pick up a few duelling feats like Osyluth Guile. Both of these can improve their single target survivability (Cha to deflection & Parry) and thus might be able to strike above their weight in CR
Sadly I've not been given the opportunity to try it out myself
PC gear is already included in my estimation. It adds CR +1. Otherwise an NPC of equal level would have a CR of character level -1.
wordsPC gear is already included in my estimation. It adds CR +1. Otherwise an NPC of equal level would have a CR of character level -1.
Yeah, what I meant was that it might be easier to defeat a NPC with four extra levels and lousy gear, then a NPC with three levels and nice toys. Especially if you are, lets say a wizard or summoner, and are facing off a martial NPC. The extra level won't help your foe in any way, but enough gold to buy someway to fly - or a decent ranged weapon - will help greatly.
However, that doesn't really feel particularly heroic nor would they really use the feat in question ...