Talanic
2008-07-22, 11:15 AM
Focused Attack [General]
Prerequisites
Dex 17, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, Two-Weapon Fighting, base attack bonus +6.
Benefit
As part of your attack action when fighting with penalties for two-weapon fighting, you can choose to sacrifice an attack at your highest attack modifier to add 1/2 the attack's base attack bonus to attack rolls OR damage of all other attacks made after this attack and before the start of your next round. You can only sacrifice one attack per iterative set, starting with attacks that have the highest base attack bonus; at the time of sacrifice, you choose whether this attack's benefit goes into attack or damage. For example, an eighteenth-level fighter lacking Greater Two-Weapon Fighting has five attacks at 16/16/11/11/6, and can sacrifice an attack with either weapon at 16 to add 8 to attack bonus or damage to the remaining attacks.
He could also sacrifice one +16 attack and one +11 attack to add +8 to his other +16 attack and +13 to all remaining attacks in the round; as the +16 attack occurs before the +11 attack is sacrificed, there is no benefit given. He can't sacrifice both +16 attacks to add +16 to all other attacks, nor can he sacrifice the third attack at +6 without having Greater Two-Weapon Fighting, as it is not a part of the iterative set.
Edit:
If he chose, he could sacrifice a +16 attack and a +11 attack to add +8 to attack bonus and +5 to damage, or vise versa, to all remaining iterative attacks.
If you use the Power Attack feat or similar effects during the same round, the bonus attack or damage is calculated after the power attack penalty has been applied to base attack bonus; if the aforementioned fighter had applied ten points of to-hit penalty, the first attack sacrificed would add +3 to all other attacks, rather than +8.
Special
A fighter may select Focused Attack as one of his fighter bonus feats.
An 11th-level ranger who has chosen the two-weapon combat style is eligible to take the Focused Attack feat, regardless of other prerequisites.
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This feat will hopefully help a little with the two-weapon fighter's biggest problem: heavy hits and penetration of damage reduction. I'm not sure if it's right though; I suspect that adding to attack rolls as well as damage is excessive, but I figured I'd let people take a gander at it first.
It's kind of an attempt to make a two-weapon version of power attack.
Keep in mind:
Power attack can only be done with one-handed and two-handed weapons; light weapons gain no benefit. If a character wants to power attack effectively with two weapons, add another -2 to all attacks.
Edit:
Changed to either attack or damage per sacrifice, but not both from one. Both from one is too powerful, but separated? Probably fine.
Prerequisites
Dex 17, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, Two-Weapon Fighting, base attack bonus +6.
Benefit
As part of your attack action when fighting with penalties for two-weapon fighting, you can choose to sacrifice an attack at your highest attack modifier to add 1/2 the attack's base attack bonus to attack rolls OR damage of all other attacks made after this attack and before the start of your next round. You can only sacrifice one attack per iterative set, starting with attacks that have the highest base attack bonus; at the time of sacrifice, you choose whether this attack's benefit goes into attack or damage. For example, an eighteenth-level fighter lacking Greater Two-Weapon Fighting has five attacks at 16/16/11/11/6, and can sacrifice an attack with either weapon at 16 to add 8 to attack bonus or damage to the remaining attacks.
He could also sacrifice one +16 attack and one +11 attack to add +8 to his other +16 attack and +13 to all remaining attacks in the round; as the +16 attack occurs before the +11 attack is sacrificed, there is no benefit given. He can't sacrifice both +16 attacks to add +16 to all other attacks, nor can he sacrifice the third attack at +6 without having Greater Two-Weapon Fighting, as it is not a part of the iterative set.
Edit:
If he chose, he could sacrifice a +16 attack and a +11 attack to add +8 to attack bonus and +5 to damage, or vise versa, to all remaining iterative attacks.
If you use the Power Attack feat or similar effects during the same round, the bonus attack or damage is calculated after the power attack penalty has been applied to base attack bonus; if the aforementioned fighter had applied ten points of to-hit penalty, the first attack sacrificed would add +3 to all other attacks, rather than +8.
Special
A fighter may select Focused Attack as one of his fighter bonus feats.
An 11th-level ranger who has chosen the two-weapon combat style is eligible to take the Focused Attack feat, regardless of other prerequisites.
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This feat will hopefully help a little with the two-weapon fighter's biggest problem: heavy hits and penetration of damage reduction. I'm not sure if it's right though; I suspect that adding to attack rolls as well as damage is excessive, but I figured I'd let people take a gander at it first.
It's kind of an attempt to make a two-weapon version of power attack.
Keep in mind:
Power attack can only be done with one-handed and two-handed weapons; light weapons gain no benefit. If a character wants to power attack effectively with two weapons, add another -2 to all attacks.
Edit:
Changed to either attack or damage per sacrifice, but not both from one. Both from one is too powerful, but separated? Probably fine.