If you dip a monk level you can get improved unarmed and make attacks within your 5 foot with your feet or whatever you may want.
Reposition can be use to replace your highest to hit attack once when attacking if you have Quick Reposition. Reposioning strike also allows you to reposition on a crit. About it on that front
If your using nunchucks flurry of blows works with it. JS
Also the polearm master archetype at second level can make a reach weapon a 5 foot weapon as an immediate action at a -4 to hit
It does however take another immediate to take it back to a reach weapon
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Spiked gauntlets would allow you to still attack enemies within your bardiche's reach. You can release a hand from the bardiche as a free action, but you won't be threatening with the bardiche while your spiked gauntlet hand is free.
The Polearm Master archetype allows you to shorten your grip as an Immediate Action (at 2nd level), allowing you to attack adjacent targets with your polearm (at a -4 penalty that eventually goes away).
Hi, I'm trying to make a Fighter who uses a Bardiche as his main weapon, I know that Reach weapons don't allow you to attack when your target is 5 feet away, so I am trying to figure out ways to work around that.
Spiked Gauntlets or Spiked Armor if your GM doesn't allow those would work. No need to take anything related to unarmed strikes. If you have access to a natural attack that might work too, but its easier to enchant armor spikes than your fist.
Cestus work like spiked gauntlets but have a better crit range
The only problem you get with using anything but unarmed strikes, is that you would temporarily lose the reach benefit of the bardiche to make those attacks.
Where do you get that from? You make the unarmed strikes with your elbows, head, or legs, or fist. You can make them with any part of your body without ever taking your hands off your reach weapon.
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He was saying if you used anything but unarmed strikesThe only problem you get with using anything but unarmed strikes, is that you would temporarily lose the reach benefit of the bardiche to make those attacks.Where do you get that from? You make the unarmed strikes with your elbows, head, or legs, or fist. You can make them with any part of your body without ever taking your hands off your reach weapon.
Armor spikes yo. Unarmed strikes aren't the only way to say "look mah, no hands!".
So yes, you can use armor spikes, still think it's up to your GM on how they want to rule on if the character would have time to react depending on what sort of combat is going on.
They could also houserule that polearms don't exist. Better not use reach weapons.
Stand Still
The feat allows you to use your AoO to make a CMB (which you add your wep enhancement and wep specialization bonus) check to stop the enemy from moving.
Robs melee types of their standard, lets you full attack and back up, do it all over again.
The only problem you get with using anything but unarmed strikes, is that you would temporarily lose the reach benefit of the bardiche to make those attacks.Where do you get that from? You make the unarmed strikes with your elbows, head, or legs, or fist. You can make them with any part of your body without ever taking your hands off your reach weapon.
this is correct, you only temporarily lose reach when using a free action to switch to gauntlets or brass knuckles. even then switching is a free action.
Yeah, it's been said before, but spiked armor. if someone provokes adjaect to you, give em a good ol' knee or shoulder tackle and on your turn, 5ft from them and bonk with your real weapon. No need for feats, just some extra cash for the spikes and however much you're willing to spend on enhancements for the spikes. Bardiche and and spikes also goves you 2 damage types (possibly even materials) for DR purposes, too.
You could use the phalanx soldier archetype to combine a shield with the bardiche, shield bash at 5ft and the bardiche for enemies at 10ft.
Free action let go of weapon with one hand, strike enemy with spiked gauntlet, free action regrab weapon.
Free action let go of weapon with one hand, strike enemy with spiked gauntlet, free action regrab weapon.
You dont threaten, within 5ft. if you hold the reach weapon with the gauntlet hand. And the free actions are also not really part of the attack and therefore not doable outsideren your own turn.
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Hi, I'm trying to make a Fighter who uses a Bardiche as his main weapon, I know that Reach weapons don't allow you to attack when your target is 5 feet away, so I am trying to figure out ways to work around that.
Armor Spikes allow you to threaten adjacent, thus allowing you to wield a reach weapon and still get adjacent AoOs. That's the definitive answer that works even in a strict RAW environment.
That said, it hardly matters. I've played through many levels of reach weapon users. Fewer than 3% of my AoOs have been with armor spikes, and no attacks during my own turn. The other 97% of AoOs have been with my primary weapon. The spikes contributed perhaps 1% of total damage. Additional damage from armor spikes is a rounding error, which is why some PCs don't bother to carry the extra weight.
One question I had was can you replace an attack with the Reposition CM?
During your own turn you can use a Reposition Combat Maneuver as a Standard Action. You can not use Reposition as an Attack of Opportunity.
If not, then what are some ways to get around the reach drawback besides the simple "shift 5 ft. away"
Don't sweat it. It doesn't come up very often. Carry backup weapons: start with a club (free, bludgeoning damage, can wield 2 handed for extra STR damage) and a dagger(can wield in a grapple). Carry them always, but hardly ever need them.
Your biggest tactical obstacle will not be the inside of your reach donut. Your biggest tactical obstacle will probably be getting other people to understand and cooperate with your reach tactics. If they don't cooperate you will struggle a bit. If they do cooperate it can be a thing of beauty, and your combats will probably have a high ROFLstomp quotient.
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Take 2 levels of alchemist. Get vestigial arm. Wield a reach weapon and another one-handed weapon at the same time. Then you threaten at 5 and 10 feet. As a bonus, you also get mutagen, which is great, and extracts like enlarge person, which will let you threaten out to 20 feet. If you are not doing PFS, you can take the vivisectionist archetype which will give you sneak attack instead of bombs.
I've played through many levels of reach weapon users. Fewer than 3% of my AoOs have been with armor spikes, and no attacks during my own turn. The other 97% of AoOs have been with my primary weapon.
Magda, I'm curious. Is that number a guesstimate, or have you actually tracked it over time? That is the sort of information I would dearly intend to keep track of, but then at the table I would get distr-
Oooh, who brought Fritos?
And then so much for that. I've always identified with the Phil Rizutto anecdote about someone asking what the 'WW' on his scorecard meant (Wasn't Watching).
Thanks,
Ghorrin Redblade
Being large and having combat reflexes is the best way to make use of a reach weapon. How you obtain them is up to you.
Nobody has mentioned taking the Handy Haversack and Quick Draw feat? Somebody steps up you can pull a weapon from your Handy Haversack as a free action and not provoke.
Punish them until they try and run away, then quick swap back to your bardiche.
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Nobody has mentioned taking the Handy Haversack and Quick Draw feat? Somebody steps up you can pull a weapon from your Handy Haversack as a free action and not provoke.
Punish them until they try and run away, then quick swap back to your bardiche.
Hello my friend, pulling an item from a handy haversack is a move action that does not provoke attacks of opportunity. Unless there's an update I don't know about.
Combat reflexes & quick draw, along with CMB work real well when's they can be used as part of an attack action; ergo, sunder, trip, disarm and the like.
Yes it is true, most of those kind of CM's will not be usable in every combat, but they are wonderful when they can be used.
The combat maneuvers that are usable only as a standard action, such as reposition for example, have a rapid version of the feat, such as rapid reposition.
The rapid feats allow you to use a combat maneuver as part of an attack action so, with multiple attacks you can use them.
The rapid feat for Grapple does not work that way. The rapid feat for grapple only allows you an extra attack as a swift action.
All the greater CMB feats give attacks of opportunity with the exception of the greater grapple feet when they are successfully used.
In the case of greater trip, you and everybody that threatens the creature that is tripped gets a free shot.
The CMB feats are wonderful! All my characters I create that fight will have combat maneuver feats for the rest of my existence. They are loads of fun!
May I suggest brace reach weapon + combat reflex, lunge and pushing assault? If you find yourself in a nice position against melee monsters with AC that is not too high, lunge, then ready action against a charge attack with power attack. If an enemy charges, push him back to out your reach with pushing assault. Do that before you roll for damage. If not, you will still get an attack when he reach your 10 feet reach. Unless your enemies have reach or range attacks, they can't really do much for awhile.
lunge is definitely worth it and there should be no essential need for combining with acrobatics, vital strike and AoO probably not so much.
Consider the possibility of whirlwind attack (requires int13, dex13, mobility, dodge, spring attack&combat expertise so only really an option for a fighter).
Don't overlook some form of becoming large sized (potion of growth is common) to get a 5' bonus to reach.
Incorrect. Reach weapons threaten at double your natural reach and do not threaten at your natural reach.
So an enlarged human threatens at 15 and 20 ft. Does not threaten at 10 and 5 feat.
Free action let go of weapon with one hand, strike enemy with spiked gauntlet, free action regrab weapon.You dont threaten, within 5ft. if you hold the reach weapon with the gauntlet hand. And the free actions are also not really part of the attack and therefore not doable outsideren your own turn.
How do fighters threaten with bows on AoOs? Since drawing an arrow is a free action and one needs an arrow to fire a bow.
As a wizard with the spell telekinesis.
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How do fighters threaten with bows on AoOs? Since drawing an arrow is a free action and one needs an arrow to fire a bow.Free action let go of weapon with one hand, strike enemy with spiked gauntlet, free action regrab weapon.You dont threaten, within 5ft. if you hold the reach weapon with the gauntlet hand. And the free actions are also not really part of the attack and therefore not doable outsideren your own turn.
The feats snapshot, and improved snapshot I believe.
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As a wizard with the spell telekinesis.
Wizards cannot normally threaten with a spell. Any character with a touch spell is considered armed and can take AoO's.
This has been the subject of many FAQs and I believe you can find this rule in the attacks of opportunity section where touch spells are concerned.
The feats snapshot, and improved snapshot I believe.How do fighters threaten with bows on AoOs? Since drawing an arrow is a free action and one needs an arrow to fire a bow.Free action let go of weapon with one hand, strike enemy with spiked gauntlet, free action regrab weapon.You dont threaten, within 5ft. if you hold the reach weapon with the gauntlet hand. And the free actions are also not really part of the attack and therefore not doable outsideren your own turn.
Those feats have no language allowing the player to make free actions out of your turn, so you cannot make those AoOs because you can't make a free action to draw the arrow. At least that's how it works if you say you can't AoO while wearing a gauntlet since it's a free action to remove your hand from the polearm.
Either they both work pr neither work.
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The feats snapshot, and improved snapshot I believe.How do fighters threaten with bows on AoOs? Since drawing an arrow is a free action and one needs an arrow to fire a bow.Free action let go of weapon with one hand, strike enemy with spiked gauntlet, free action regrab weapon.You dont threaten, within 5ft. if you hold the reach weapon with the gauntlet hand. And the free actions are also not really part of the attack and therefore not doable outsideren your own turn.Those feats have no language allowing the player to make free actions out of your turn, so you cannot make those AoOs because you can't make a free action to draw the arrow. At least that's how it works if you say you can't AoO while wearing a gauntlet since it's a free action to remove your hand from the polearm.
Either they both work pr neither work.
Per the FAQ, Snap Shot allows you to reload your weapon as part of the ranged attack attack of opportunity, as long as you can reload your weapon with a free action.
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I've played through many levels of reach weapon users. Fewer than 3% of my AoOs have been with armor spikes, and no attacks during my own turn. The other 97% of AoOs have been with my primary weapon.Magda, I'm curious. Is that number a guesstimate, or have you actually tracked it over time? ...
Thanks,
Ghorrin Redblade
It's a guesstimate. I've played several characters who both used reach weapons and wore spiked armor through about 20 levels. Those characters have taken hundreds of AoOs. I remember a total of three times when the armor spikes mattered. So my 3% guesstimate is almost certainly on the high side.
After having tried the combination a lot, I've reached the conclusion that the inside of the reach donut presents very little problem in actual play.