Ellrin
2016-12-22, 01:06 AM
I'm considering making a Polymath (alchemist/investigator initiator template) on an Investigator chassis for an upcoming PF campaign. I've never played any PoW material, so I was looking into one of the disciplines the Polymath gets access to, Primal Fury, for the first time just now, and I noticed this maneuver:
Cornered Frenzy Strike
Discipline: Primal Fury (Strike); Level: 5
Prerequisite(s): Two Primal Fury maneuvers
Initiation Action: 1 full-round action
Range: Melee attack
Target: One creature
Duration: Instant
As an animal cornered lashes out at all comers, so does the Primal Fury disciple when he finds himself surrounded. By using his intuition and striking where he feels a foe to be, he uses his instincts as a powerful weapon. As a full attack action, the initiator makes an attack roll at full base attack bonus against each target within his reach with each weapon he is currently wielding (including natural attacks; armor and shield spikes always count as wielded weapons), and each successful attack inflicts an additional 4d6 points of damage. After initiating this maneuver, the initiator's focus on offense causes his AC to suffer a -2 penalty until his next turn.
Now, a Polymath gains access to 5th level maneuvers at 11th level, and 4th level extracts (such as monstrous physique II) at 10th level. Now, he does lose one extract of each level per day for taking the template, but by 11th level, he has access to at least one 4th level extract per day (more if his Int is high enough).
If this Polymath were to carry around extracts of monstrous physique II, long arm, and say, six cestuses, use both those extracts at the start of battle to turn into a calikang with 15 foot reach, and equip those six cestuses on his six arms (let's pretend he has quick draw), am I reading the description of cornered frenzy strike correctly if it seems to me like he gets twelve attacks, all at his full BAB, against every enemy in that fifteen foot reach?
For full cheese, prepare an extract of fluid form too, assuming you have high enough Int for the extra 4th level extract per day, for up to twenty-five foot reach?
Cornered Frenzy Strike
Discipline: Primal Fury (Strike); Level: 5
Prerequisite(s): Two Primal Fury maneuvers
Initiation Action: 1 full-round action
Range: Melee attack
Target: One creature
Duration: Instant
As an animal cornered lashes out at all comers, so does the Primal Fury disciple when he finds himself surrounded. By using his intuition and striking where he feels a foe to be, he uses his instincts as a powerful weapon. As a full attack action, the initiator makes an attack roll at full base attack bonus against each target within his reach with each weapon he is currently wielding (including natural attacks; armor and shield spikes always count as wielded weapons), and each successful attack inflicts an additional 4d6 points of damage. After initiating this maneuver, the initiator's focus on offense causes his AC to suffer a -2 penalty until his next turn.
Now, a Polymath gains access to 5th level maneuvers at 11th level, and 4th level extracts (such as monstrous physique II) at 10th level. Now, he does lose one extract of each level per day for taking the template, but by 11th level, he has access to at least one 4th level extract per day (more if his Int is high enough).
If this Polymath were to carry around extracts of monstrous physique II, long arm, and say, six cestuses, use both those extracts at the start of battle to turn into a calikang with 15 foot reach, and equip those six cestuses on his six arms (let's pretend he has quick draw), am I reading the description of cornered frenzy strike correctly if it seems to me like he gets twelve attacks, all at his full BAB, against every enemy in that fifteen foot reach?
For full cheese, prepare an extract of fluid form too, assuming you have high enough Int for the extra 4th level extract per day, for up to twenty-five foot reach?