| Gentleman Ire |
I have been looking into a character who is specifically really good at using his equipment and weapons,the character takes combat reflexes, distracting cloak, and feint and bash, as to use a feint action in order to cause all the enemies to provoke within the character's threatened squares. Would the character be able to make attacks of opportunity against all enemies that provoke (all enemies the character successfully feints against) up to the amount of attacks of opportunity the character can make or would the character only be able to make 1 attack of opportunity against only one the enemies that provoke in this manner?
| merpius |
The wording of Distracting Cloak does not make it clear that the alternative effect is still counted as a feint.
RAW, I suspect that this does not work; instead of feinting you are distracting, just opposing their feint DC. But, perhaps, since it seems like this gives no benefit relative to the normal "Create a Diversion to Hide" benefit of the normal Bluff skill.
Assuming you are playing a normal table game, as opposed to PFS, I would suggest clearing it with your GM before commiting to it; most GMs don't like to see abilities (including feats) that do nothing, so they will generally go with a charitable reading.
So long as Distracting Cloak counts as a feint, though, you should get attacks of opportunity (up to the numebr you can take) against anyone you threaten with your shield.
| Gentleman Ire |
The wording of Distracting Cloak does not make it clear that the alternative effect is still counted as a feint.
RAW, I suspect that this does not work; instead of feinting you are distracting, just opposing their feint DC. But, perhaps, since it seems like this gives no benefit relative to the normal "Create a Diversion to Hide" benefit of the normal Bluff skill.
Assuming you are playing a normal table game, as opposed to PFS, I would suggest clearing it with your GM before commiting to it; most GMs don't like to see abilities (including feats) that do nothing, so they will generally go with a charitable reading.
So long as Distracting Cloak counts as a feint, though, you should get attacks of opportunity (up to the numebr you can take) against anyone you threaten with your shield.
Awesome, Thanks. I had actually been wondering if it still counted as a feint as well. Based on my reading I figured it did based off of the fact that it states, "You can attempt a Stealth check to hide from any opponent that you successfully feint against in this manner" implying it is still a feint, and that was a concern I brought up with my GM and he cleared it. Again thanks so much for the info.
| The Sideromancer |
It's not the cheesiest thing you could be doing with Distracting Cloak. That one involves This feat and this weapon.