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Reckless Rage...Benefit: When you use Power Attack while raging or while using raging song, you take an additional –1 penalty on melee attack rolls and combat maneuver checks, and you gain an additional +2 bonus on melee damage rolls. Modify this damage bonus appropriately based on the type of weapon you are using, as normal for Power Attack.
When I first read this feat, I discounted it and moved on. Now, I've found my way back to it...and I'm starting to doubt myself and my original reading.
When I first read this, I assumed that this feat doesn't scale as Power Attack does (ie: For a 2-handed weapon, it does an additional -1 to hit/+3 to damage on top of normal Power Attack...and while at 4th level, Power Attack increases to -2/+6, Reckless Rage does not increase as well, which leaves you a net -3/+9). When I went back and read it again, I stopped for a moment and looked at the last line of the feat.
It only says that you modify the benefits/penalties based on the type of weapon you're using. It says nothing about what your BAB is - please, someone reassure me that I'm reading this right. The only possible benefits of this feat are -1/+2 or -1/+3, period...correct?
That's correct. It's -1/+2, -1/+1, or -1/+3 period, depending on the type of weapon used.
Or -1/+1 if using an off-hand weapon or secondary natural attack.
Other than that, there is nothing I read in the feat text that implies that it scales with BAB. Power Attack explicitly says that it does increase with every multiple of 4 that your BAB reaches, and this feat makes no such mention nor does it state that it functions as Power Attack for any other purpose than the "type of weapon."