Shatter Defense

[BuwaroElexion666]

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Shatter Defenses (Combat)
Your skill with your chosen weapon leaves opponents unable to defend themselves if you strike them when their defenses are already compromised.

Prerequisites: Weapon Focus, Dazzling Display, base attack bonus +6, proficiency with weapon.

Benefit: Any shaken, frightened, or panicked opponent hit by you this round is flat-footed to your attacks until the end of your next turn. This includes any additional attacks you make this round.
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Does this feat mean they are flatfooted immediately or after damage is dealt? My idea is that I use a Knife Master rouge with Kukri on them with Cleave and Great Cleave.

[Zhayne]

After your first attack is completely resolved, then they are flat-footed against you until the end of your turn.

[BuwaroElexion666]

Zhayne wrote:

After your first attack is completely resolved, then they are flat-footed against you until the end of your turn.

Thank you Zhayne, and now I have another question.

The feat says "...opponent hit by you...", does this include all damage being negated by Damage Reduction and/or Energy Resistance (in cases of elemental damage caused by weapons with magical properties like Icy)?

[KainPen]

I am not sure I would think no based of Damage reduction rules being if you don't do any damage you can't stunn, cause deases ect. with out doing damage. the DR basicly negates the effect. I think as DM I would let it slide as the feat says you just have to hit the target, and shatter defense is one of the weaker feats and feat chains in the book. it offer very little bonus later in the game where creature are composed up of mostly natual armor or actual armor and no dex mod. or very little of one. and consider the fast way to have it go off requires team work, or 3 attacks from your self before getting any benfit from it and then that benift very small at that point. full bab class are not even going to need or notice the befit. 3/4 bab class don't have it trigger to very late in the game where there is almost no benfit.

[voideternal]

I don't think you need to do damage to qualify for 'hitting'.

Also, nitpicking Zhayne's post, they are flat-footed against you until the end of your NEXT turn. So if you attack at +6/+1 and you happen to hit with the +6, your opponent would be flat-footed for the +1, AND for the +6/+1 next round.