View source for SRD:Power Attack

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<onlyinclude>{{3.5e Feat
|name=Power Attack
|types=Fighter
|summary=Trade attack bonus for damage (up to base attack bonus).
|prereqs=[[SRD:Strength|Str]] 13.
|benefit=On your action, before making [[SRD:Attack Roll|attack rolls]] for a [[SRD:Round|round]], you may choose to subtract a number from all [[SRD:Melee Attack|melee attack]] rolls and add the same number to all melee [[SRD:Attack Damage|damage rolls]]. This number may not exceed your [[SRD:Base Attack Bonus|base attack bonus]]. The penalty on attacks and bonus on damage apply until your next turn.
|special=If you attack with a two-handed weapon, or with a one-handed weapon wielded in two hands, instead add twice the number subtracted from your [[SRD:Attack Roll|attack rolls]]. You can’t add the bonus from Power Attack to the damage dealt with a [[SRD:Light Weapon|light weapon]] (except with unarmed strikes or [[SRD:Natural Weapon|natural weapon]] attacks), even though the penalty on [[SRD:Attack Roll|attack rolls]] still applies. (Normally, you treat a [[SRD:Double Weapon|double weapon]] as a one-handed weapon and a [[SRD:Light Weapon|light weapon]]. If you choose to use a [[SRD:Double Weapon|double weapon]] like a two-handed weapon, attacking with only one end of it in a [[SRD:Round|round]], you treat it as a two-handed weapon.)

A [[SRD:Fighter|fighter]] may select Power Attack as one of his [[SRD:Fighter Bonus Feats|fighter bonus feats]].[[Type::Fighter| ]]
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Prerequisite	Str 13. +
Summary	Trade attack bonus for damage (up to base attack bonus). +
Title	Power Attack +
Type	Fighter +