Alejandro
2012-02-27, 05:52 PM
The power:
Kinetic Combat [Telekinetic]
You use the Force to manipulate your chosen weapon, allowing it to operate
independent of your grasp. Time: Standard action. Target: You.
Make a Use the Force check. If you succeed on a DC 20 check, you can
telekinetically move a one-handed melee weapon you hold up to 12 squares and
make an attack with it. The weapon is considered held by you, even if it is hovering
nearby and not in your hands. The attack uses your base attack bonus modified by
your Charisma modifier as the attack bonus for the attack. A successful attack deals
normal melee weapon damage, adding one-half your heroic level to the damage as
normal and substituting your Charisma modifier for your Strength modifier for
damage. Talents and feats that would normally enhance a weapon's use do not do so
while you are using kinetic combat to wield the weapon (for example, you cannot
use Mighty Swing or Power Attack while wielding the weapon). The weapon
threatens all squares adjacent to it, and it can be used to make an attack of
opportunity if a target provokes one from the weapon. Any attacks of opportunity
made by the weapon count as thought they were made by you.
Special: you can maintain kinetic combat from round to round, extending
the normal duration. Maintaining the kinetic combat power is a swift action,
and as a standard action each round you maintain it you can direct the weapon
to move up to 6 squares and make a single attack against a target adjacent to
the weapon, though the weapon must remain within 12 squares of you or the
power's effect ends. If you suffer damage while maintaining kinetic combat, you
must succeed on a Use the Force check (DC = 15 + damage taken) to continue
maintaining the power.
You can spend a Force Point to gain a +1 bonus on attack rolls with a
weapon wielded using kinetic combat.
The question:
Can the feat Weapon Focus Lightsaber be used with this power? I do realize that it says "Talents and feats that would normally enhance a weapon's use do not do so
while you are using kinetic combat to wield the weapon (for example, you cannot
use Mighty Swing or Power Attack while wielding the weapon)" but it also says that the weapon is considered held by you, and the examples given are of things allowing bonus damage, not a bonus to hit. I have one player who uses Kinetic Combat, and wishes to take Weapon Focus Lightsaber, and I am probably going to let them do so (and let them apply it to attack rolls with the floating saber) as it does not seem game breaking to me. However, any input or previous experiences with this would be welcomed.
Kinetic Combat [Telekinetic]
You use the Force to manipulate your chosen weapon, allowing it to operate
independent of your grasp. Time: Standard action. Target: You.
Make a Use the Force check. If you succeed on a DC 20 check, you can
telekinetically move a one-handed melee weapon you hold up to 12 squares and
make an attack with it. The weapon is considered held by you, even if it is hovering
nearby and not in your hands. The attack uses your base attack bonus modified by
your Charisma modifier as the attack bonus for the attack. A successful attack deals
normal melee weapon damage, adding one-half your heroic level to the damage as
normal and substituting your Charisma modifier for your Strength modifier for
damage. Talents and feats that would normally enhance a weapon's use do not do so
while you are using kinetic combat to wield the weapon (for example, you cannot
use Mighty Swing or Power Attack while wielding the weapon). The weapon
threatens all squares adjacent to it, and it can be used to make an attack of
opportunity if a target provokes one from the weapon. Any attacks of opportunity
made by the weapon count as thought they were made by you.
Special: you can maintain kinetic combat from round to round, extending
the normal duration. Maintaining the kinetic combat power is a swift action,
and as a standard action each round you maintain it you can direct the weapon
to move up to 6 squares and make a single attack against a target adjacent to
the weapon, though the weapon must remain within 12 squares of you or the
power's effect ends. If you suffer damage while maintaining kinetic combat, you
must succeed on a Use the Force check (DC = 15 + damage taken) to continue
maintaining the power.
You can spend a Force Point to gain a +1 bonus on attack rolls with a
weapon wielded using kinetic combat.
The question:
Can the feat Weapon Focus Lightsaber be used with this power? I do realize that it says "Talents and feats that would normally enhance a weapon's use do not do so
while you are using kinetic combat to wield the weapon (for example, you cannot
use Mighty Swing or Power Attack while wielding the weapon)" but it also says that the weapon is considered held by you, and the examples given are of things allowing bonus damage, not a bonus to hit. I have one player who uses Kinetic Combat, and wishes to take Weapon Focus Lightsaber, and I am probably going to let them do so (and let them apply it to attack rolls with the floating saber) as it does not seem game breaking to me. However, any input or previous experiences with this would be welcomed.