Idea for a feat: improved guarded step

[Nimor Starseeker]

When you are large, either physically or in a large or larger power armor, when you take a 5 ft guarded step, you may take a 10 ft guarded step. If you are huge you take a 15 ft guarded step and increasingly so however you become larger.
It seems logical to have bigger guaisteps for bigger creatures, but it might be game breaking for mechanics. Any thoughts on this?

[Ascalaphus]

It would be extremely, extremely strong. Consider that currently, if you're adjacent to a creature with reach, it would take two steps to get far enough away to avoid AoOs for spellcasting/ranged attacks. This would reduce that to one, so it means you can still do Standard actions like spellcasting or attacking. That takes away a significant power of the enemy (reach).

Also, is it really that logical? Guarded steps represent careful, precise movement. Are really big chunky creatures naturally better at that? Size isn't even all that correlated with regular speed, so why should it be with guarded steps?

[Claxon]

I agree with Ascalaphus.

This sort of thing would be good for monsters to have, as it means players can't easily get away.

But players having it means every ranged character would want the largest power armor they could grab to guarded step themselves away from any enemy who wasn't larger.

[Metaphysician]

While the idea of a feat that improves guarded step is fine, tying it to size IMO is not.

[Claxon]

I think a feat that allows you to guarded step 10ft as a move action would be okay. With the statement that while difficult terrain would normally prevent you from making a guarded step, you can guarded step 5ft in difficult terrain with the feat.

[Dracomicron]

Prerequisite Mobility, maybe. That already leads to other feats that allow you to avoid AoOs.

[Claxon]

Makes sense to me

[Nimor Starseeker]

Wow, you guys really came through for me on this feat idea. Thank you all.
Mobility makes sense as a prerequisite, and setting the bonus to being a 10ft guarded step is fine, no more than 10 ft. And not connected to size, of course.

[Ascalaphus]

Limiting it to exactly 10ft also means it doesn't negate Step Up And Strike, which is a good thing because that feat doesn't come cheap either.

[Claxon]

Yeah, it'll get you away from medium sized opponents with reach or large enemies without reach. But it doesn't get you away from someone who has invested in keeping their AoO relevant.

Personally I think that's a good thing because running into enemies with Step Up and Step Up and Strike will be rare. But against a majority of enemies it will work well.