Should Shoulder Check have a greater amount of Brawling weapons it works with? Right now it only works with "a gauntlet or spiked gauntlet". Weapons like Knuckle Dusters or Bladed Gauntlet seem to fit the same niche as the allowed weapons.
Should Shoulder Check have a greater amount of Brawling weapons it works with? Right now it only works with "a gauntlet or spiked gauntlet". Weapons like Knuckle Dusters or Bladed Gauntlet seem to fit the same niche as the allowed weapons.
Um... It says..."shoulder". I have no idea why anyone thought it would be a good idea to call it that if it...doesn't use the armored shoulder. What do gloves or gauntlets have to do with shoulder-checking someone? They have essentially turned wearing armor and hitting someone with it as a "fist strike".
Treat the armor as a weapon. Do damage. Of a certain die size. Apply a type of damage. Freak out as the lines have well and truly been crossed.
I like the feat - you whack someone, making them off guard to later strikes. I think it would be better if it made them off-guard until your next turn, but perhaps too powerful for a 1st level feat.
While worded oddly, I believe that the Fist/Gauntlet/Spiked Gauntlet is supposed to be the damage "of the armor" which is why other Brawling weapons aren't mentioned. That said it IS phrased in a way to make it feel more like you're punching someone.