Is it possible to expand a little on the Kraken Style feats?Hmmf. By spreading it our I'm detailing A LOT of these feats, but since it isn't all at once...
Those are awesome feats, my Monk is definitely going to be taking those.
A) What the heck is a Planson?
B) What's the Elven Branched Spear like?
Others have covered the planson, but the elven branched spear has several branches below the spear head with small blades at the tip of each.You get +2 on AoO attacks caused by movement. It allows Weapon Finesse even though it isn't light, and elves treat it as a martial weapon.
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Whats is:
Phalanx Formation
Press to the Wall
Redirect Attack ?
I would like to make clear that all I am doing is giving a rough overview of the feats and including their prerequisites (if any). For exact wording and rules, buy the book! :)
Allies don't provide soft cover for opponents while you wield a reach weapon.
If you are the only one threatening an opponent, you can use any solid object that can't be moved through as a flanking ally.
When an opponent who you alone threaten misses you, you can redirect that failed attack onto another adjacent foe.
I think I am going to pick this one up. I like "Press to the Wall". I don't enforce Phalanx Formation, and every game I have been in has ignored it to my knowledge, but in case I do run into someone that does enforce it, it is nice to know about. Now that I think about it, the feat should ignore soft cover from anyone not just allies to be worth taking. I don't like the 15 int requirement for Redirect Attack. I will be house ruling that part away, if nothing else.
What's the wording on Stick Together? Trying to determine if it would be useful for my Inquisitor. Does it require you to begin adjacent to the ally? Do you have to end adjacent to the ally? etc etc.
Also, what are "Circling Mongoose" and "Mirror Move?" Thanks in advance.
Yes Stick Together requires you to be adjacent before and after the move.
You can take a full-attack action against a foe and after each attack move 5-feet as long as you stay adjacent to that foe. You can draw AoO doing so. If the first attack hits, the second attack is considered flanking regardless of actual positioning. Each subsequent attack is also considered flanking as long as you keep hitting.
Once per day for every 4 levels you have, when an opponent you alone are threatening uses a combat feat, you can as an immediate action use that combat feat yourself.
Goodness I hope so. Writing that took forever.Damn, that actually sounds terrific.Don't know as much about the rest of the companion, but I LOVE the back inside cover: "Combat options overview"!
Detailing what is what type of action, and detailing the differences between those: Free action, swift action, attack action, melee action, standard action, and full-round action.
That page alone is a heaven-sent.
Printing out this one for my players and myself...
I just checked the 2 pages titled "Action Types" in the Strategy Guide: Those don't even mention 'Attack action' or 'melee action' and how they are special special standard actions and how they (not) interact.
Really that back inside cover page is better than those two pages in the strategy guide.
What's the machete get and the racial weapons?
The machete is an OK slashing weapon that adds +1 to Survival checks in the wild.
The elven branched spear I covered above.
The orc skull ram I covered here.
I don't understand Shrug On can you explain it a bit more?
Armor check penalty and max Dex are both 2 worse in this state, and it provides no magical bonus. Medium armor grants +3 protection, while heavy grants +5. Better than nothing if you are armor dependent for your AC. Light provides no benefit, so this is really restricted to armor-centric characters rather than rogues and the like.
I would also like to add that Redirect Attack has Dodge, Int 15, and Dex 15 as prereqs. With Artful Dodge, this drops to Int 15. So some feats that can use Artful Dodge as a base are in this book. Investigators could benefit from this stuff quite well, as could any Int based character that wants to mix it up in combat.
Especially when combined with studied combat and studied strike.
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Well, with three archetypes covered, may we also get a few spoilers about the drill sergeant?
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That sounds a lot like a goedendag if I'm spelling it right. I remember that they were used by local militias against knights by the Flemings at the Battle of the Golden Spurs.
Yep, that's a culturally different version of what is essentially the same weapon.
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Well, with three archetypes covered, may we also get a few spoilers about the drill sergeant?
Drill sergeant replaces bravery with cavalier tactics. He only gets weapon training with one weapon group (though it scales). Weapon training 2 is replaced by greater tactician. Weapon training 3 is replaced with weapon trainer, which grants nearby allies some of his bonuses from his weapon group. Weapon training 4 is replaced by master tactician.
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Well, with three archetypes covered, may we also get a few spoilers about the drill sergeant?
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Wow. Seems like I may just have a new favorite fighter archetype!
Is an Estoc to a Rapier what a Sawtooth Sabre or Aldori Dueling Sword is to a Longsword? A la Dark Souls?
Or is it more of a Lance/Bastard Sword kind of thing going on?
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Damage: (S)2d3 (M)2d4 18–20/×2 P
You can use Weapon Finesse with it if you are proficient with it (Exotic). It can be treated as a two-handed martial weapon, but Weapon Finesse only applies if you can use it one handed.
Estoc
Ahh. Very cool, thanks for the share.
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Are you looking for something like the Tiny and Large Weapon Damage, but for bigger critters?Yep! That's precisely what I'm talking about.
There is a very extensive thread going on the rules questions forums about the topic. It's the most FAQ'd topic ever, with 500+ requests and over 10 pages of discussion.
http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qwfo?Can-we-please-get-an-FAQ-posted-for-damag e#1
Seems like time to really address this topic.
As I predicted a few weeks ago, Mark Seifter was already working on it.
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Are you looking for something like the Tiny and Large Weapon Damage, but for bigger critters?Yep! That's precisely what I'm talking about.
There is a very extensive thread going on the rules questions forums about the topic. It's the most FAQ'd topic ever, with 500+ requests and over 10 pages of discussion.
http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qwfo?Can-we-please-get-an-FAQ-posted-for-damag e#1
Seems like time to really address this topic.
As I predicted a few weeks ago, Mark Seifter was already working on it.
O.o
While that does in fact codify damage scaling, might I suggest it is a touch...complex?
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While that does in fact codify damage scaling, might I suggest it is a touch...complex?
And effort was made to invalidate as little previous info as possible, have natural attacks and weapons use the same rules, and maintain consistency.
Most people won't need the chart, especially not on the fly, as the most common options are covered in the various books. But if you get a weird corner case, you're going to have a weird corner result.
I have been waiting for something like Drill Sergeant for a long time.
Complex? I like this chart. Instead of the old "giant table o' dice", this makes it much simpler to represent and implement.
I often don't care for some of the things 'changed' in Pathfinder (that aren't character classes), but this is definitely one I approve of!
Drill Sergeant seems neat. Does it get to count Teamwork feats as Combat Feats for the purposes of its class-based bonus feats? Cause that'd be really awesome.
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There's a separate thread for people who actually want to discuss the FAQ. I only linked to the FAQ because it had come up in relation to this Player Companion. Let's keep this thread focused on Melee Tactics Toolbox. :)
Really? How high do you want them to go?
They assume at that point that the reader of the table can do math.
Let's try it.
6D6 as a weapon damage going to the next 'size' up is what? Don't look at the 6D6 entry. Break 6D6 in half. 3D6 + 3D6. 3D6-->4D6. Thus, 4D6 + 4D6 = 8D6.
NOW look at the chart. 6D6 becomes 8D6 on it's own.
The math checks out.
I'm gonna break your 16D6 in half. Becomes 8D6 + 8D6. 8D6 becomes 12D6. 12D6 + 12D6 = 24D6. But wait, let's cut it into fourths instead! 16D6 = 4D6 (x4). 4D6-->6D6. 6D6 (x4) = 24D6.
EDIT: Note, I put this here since the 'separate thread' link did not work when I saw it.
Whats is:
Phalanx Formation
Press to the Wall
Redirect Attack ?I would like to make clear that all I am doing is giving a rough overview of the feats and including their prerequisites (if any). For exact wording and rules, buy the book! :)
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Fantastic! And I do appreciate the info Feros. I loved Ranged Tactics Toolbox when I picked it up from my FLGS, so this is definitely now on my list when I get the cash. I reckon the upcoming Dirty Tactics Toolbox will be a no-brainer as well.
I'm surprised that no one's begun swooning over the new bardic masterpiece in this book. Absolutely, unquestionably, incredibly amazing.
I know what my bard will be taking come the next level...
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I'm looking at the spell blade tutor's spirit and whether it would help my magus.
Am I correct in thinking that the spell would reduce the penalty to attack from spell combat: both with the melee attacks, and also the attack roll from a touch spell (possibly delivered through the weapon as a spellstrike)? So a 5th-level magus would have no attack penalty from spell combat at all?
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Yes, it is still weapon training. It has just been slightly modified.
Drill Sergeant seems neat. Does it get to count Teamwork feats as Combat Feats for the purposes of its class-based bonus feats? Cause that'd be really awesome.
Only as long as the Teamwork feats are also Combat feats, as usual. (Since most Teamwork feats ARE Combat feats as well, this isn't much of an issue IMO)
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What's the machete get and the racial weapons?The machete is an OK slashing weapon that adds +1 to Survival checks in the wild.
The elven branched spear I covered above.
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The orc skull ram I covered here.
is the machete essentially a slashing short sword then? D6 dmg 19-20 crit that kind of thing?
Any new uses for skills like they did in Giant Slayer's Handbook with the Bluff and Stealth skills?
No. There is a feat that lets Acrobatics combine with evasion for a cool, cinematic move and that's all.
is the machete essentially a slashing short sword then? D6 dmg 19-20 crit that kind of thing?What's the machete get and the racial weapons?The machete is an OK slashing weapon that adds +1 to Survival checks in the wild.
The elven branched spear I covered above.
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The orc skull ram I covered here.
Spot on. That is exactly how a machete works.
What does Heroic Leader, Just Out of Reach, and One Eye Open do?
Heroic Leader allows you to not consider allies (including AC's Familiars & similar) to be threatening a foe under the right circumstances.
Just out of Reach gives you a dodge bonus to your AC versus attacks from melee attackers that have a reach greater than 5'
One Eye Open allows you to make Perception tests while asleep that don't take the 'while asleep' penalty. You also can wake up automatically if you succeed on your perception check against a danger while asleep.
Would circling mongoose allow a character that relies on sneak attacks to get the sneak attacks on all iterative attacks?
What could possibly be the advantage of not counting allies as threatening foes per Heroic Leader?
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What could possibly be the advantage of not counting allies as threatening foes per Heroic Leader?Order of the cockatrice cavalier, solo maneuvers feat, axe to grind combat trait, Mivoni duelist regional trait...might be some others. But there are a few things that give you a bonus if you're the only one threatening an opponent.
Exactly.
