| redrice |
Got a couple questions regarding combining the effects of combat patrol and the cleave feat tree...
1. Can I combine the extended threatened area of combat patrol to apply to the cleaving finish specifically? I know cleaving finish can work off of an AoO cause its a "melee attack", but does that then mean I can move and then make my extra attack because cleaving finish is worded unlike cleave. It uses "reach" not "adjacent". If so, then I can also assume improved cleaving finish works this way til you stop one hit killing.
2. Does cleaving finish technically count as a "cleave"? - if so, would I be able to continue using the great cleave feat after an AoO and cleaving finish? I assume no, but want clarity.
| Lucy_Valentine |
1) Cleaving finish works on another target "within reach". Combat Patrol extends your area of "threat" but not "reach". Are those different? I'd say yes, not least because Combat Patrol mentions moving during said patrol and provoking as you do so - hence it specifically doesn't alter your reach. So I'd say you can't move after dropping someone and before cleaving finish activates.
However, Combat Patrol doesn't require you to move in any specific fashion, it just says you can't move more than your speed and still provoke. So if you know an enemy is likely to drop and that you're likely to get an AoO, on them, you can bear that in mind while moving to make the attack and hence set yourself up to get a cleaving finish attack on anther target.
2) No. Great cleave only activates in the circumstances it says it does, ie on your standard-action use specifically of the feat.