Andrew Besso wrote:
If a character can make multiple attacks, can s/he substitute feint for one attack?
No, due to the fact that feint is a standard action, and multiple attacks always fall under the full-round action.
Andrew Besso wrote:
The SRD says that a single attack and a feint are both standard actions, but multiple attacks are a full round action. The SRD also says that a monk may substitute sunder, trip or disarm for an attack in "flurry of blows" but does not mention feint.
It true, the rules get a bit wonky here...
A melee attack is a subset of a standard action. If you move and attack it is treated as a standard action.
However, an attack can also a subset of a full-round action. At that point it can potentially be used multiple times.
The key thing is whether something is labeled as either a strait up "standard" or an "attack." If it is standard then it is going to locked out of any full-attack actions, but if it is just tagged as an attack then you'll be able to lump it into a bunch of attacks.
Since feint is labeled as a standard action, it won't be able to fit into a flurry.
But beyond that, feint wouldn't fit into a flurry because even with improved feint, you'd only be able to perform it once per round. A standard feint takes a standard action, which allows your next attack (next round) to gain the benefits of the feint. With improved feint you get to perform it as a move action, freeing up a standard action to attack in the same round.
