Combat (3.5e Feat Type)

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[Combat] Feats

Combat feats are a type of scaling feat that grants increasing bonuses based on your Base Attack Bonus. They were created to replace feat chains entirely, in order to grant feat abilities more on par with spellcasting abilities regardless of acquisition level and make the acquisition of additional thematic ability sets possible at higher levels. As a result they have no prerequisites and provide a significant benefit at whatever level they are taken.

They were originally written up in Races of War, part of the Tome series of Homebrew.

 

Combat Feats

Feat	Summary	Prerequisites	Balance Point
Acceleration Combat	Let your legs get you out of danger	Movement speed of 60ft. Dex 16	Moderate
Dancing Swordsman	Dance around your enemies and poke them a whole lot. Inspired by Dashing Swordsman.	None	High
Dispersion	Reflect damage reduced damage.	Damage reduction of any kind/source.	High
Great Fortitude, FPL	A version of Great Fortitude meant for feat-per-level 3.Tome games. Inspired by SisterAcacia/Koumei, but scaled back a bit.	None	High
Hammer Mastery	You gain several maneuvers you can perform when wielding a hammer.	Weapon Focus (any hammer)	Very High
Iron Will, FPL	A version of Iron Will meant for feat-per-level 3.Tome games. Inspired by SisterAcacia/Koumei, but scaled back a bit.	None	High
Lightning Reflexes, FPL	A version of Lightning Reflexes meant for feat-per-level 3.Tome games. Inspired by SisterAcacia/Koumei, but scaled back a bit.	None	High
One with the Weapon	You can wield a certain weapon so well it's like a part of you.	Proficient with chosen weapon, improved unarmed strike.
Scholarly Defence	Your knowledge of strange creatures and their bizarre anatomy allows you to anticipate their special attacks and avoid some of the damage.	Intelligence score of 14 or higher; Scholar Feat.	High
Scorned Heart	You gain a cumulative bonus on damage roll against enemies that ignored you.	BAB +1	Moderate
Sublime Reflection	Use mirror move to copy a maneuvers.	Copy Master, Mirror Move	High
Weapon Focus, FPL	A version of Weapon Focus meant for feat-per-level 3.Tome games. Inspired by SisterAcacia/Koumei, but scaled back a bit.	None	High

 

Scaling Combat Feats

Feat	Summary	Prerequisites	Balance Point
Aegis of Health, Tome	As long as you have not been brought low, you find yourself able to overcome even the worst effects thrown at you.	None	Very High
Angelic Appearance	Your celestial heritage transforms you into a holy icon.	None	Very High
Armored Tank	You are invulnerable, invincible tank while wearing heavy armor. Truly none can kill you.	Must be proficient with heavy armor.	Very High
Armoured Combat	You are more comfortable in armor than out of it.	None	Very High
Arrow Sniper	"The arrows never missed, but we never saw the archer!"	None	Very High
Bender Dabbling	You've picked up a bit of the Bending arts in your spare time.	None	Very High
Blind Fighting	You don't have to see to kill.	None	Very High
Blitz	You go all out and try to achieve goals in a proactive manner.	None	Very High
Blitzkrieg, Tome	"sprinting through the hoards hitting as I go!"	None
Born of Thunders	You are connected to the primal forces of Nature.	None	Very High
Burning Fist	You have fists of fire, daggers and short swords of fire too.	None	Very High
Buster Weapon	Yours is the sword that will pierce the heavens!	None	Very High
Child of the Heavens	You have some special connection to the forces of Good, whether you wish it or not.	None	Very High
Cock Fighting	Rock out with your cock out.	None	High
Combat Looting	You can put things into your pants in the middle of combat.	None	Very High
Combat School	You are a member of a completely arbitrary fighting school that has a number of recognizable signature fighting moves.	None	Very High
Combat Thief	A Combat-style feat based on the Pathfinder Steal maneuver. You are an expert at stealing things in the middle of combat, plundering your foes before their very eyes.	None	High
Constricting Tail	You have a serpentine tail that allows you to squeeze the life from your enemies.	None	High
Crimson Blade	Your blade is red with the blood of your enemies.	None	High
Crit Fisher	You have a tendency to unexpectedly stab people in their important organs far more often and effectively than the average fellow.	None	High
Danger Sense	Maybe Spiders tell you what's up. You certainly react to danger with uncanny effectiveness.	None
Debris Wielder	You enter battle unarmed, but not for long	None	High
Deceitful Fox Style	The Deceitful Fox Style combines a shoddy looking stance and overly flourishing move to make you look like an amateur and hiding your real skills. A master of the style learns how to feint her opponents and take advantage of their overconfidence.	Improved Unarmed Strike, Improved Feint	High
Deflect Arrows	You can protect yourself and allies from ranged attacks.	None	High
Deflect Arrows, Red Rob Version	You are so fast you can hit projectiles before they hit you.	None	High
Demonic Appearance	Your appearance changes to match the taint within.	None	Very High
Desert Commando	You fight better when surrounded by sand.	Must have spent at least a year living in the desert.
Diehard	You can take a licking and keep on ticking.	None	Very High
Diehard, Tome	You've been stabbed, poisoned, shot, dragged through the dirt and left in the freezing night to die. You didn't. And now you are back to kick some ass!	None	High
Divine Agent	Not every believer becomes a Paladin or Cleric. You're on a mission from God.	None	Unquantifiable
Draconic Heritage	Your grandmother was a Dragon.	None	Very High
Einhander, Variant	You fight with a one-handed or light weapon in one hand and nothing in the other. You mastered the ability to parry incoming blow and strike targets through their defenses.	None	High
Electro Fist	You have fists of electricity, daggers and short swords of electricity too.	None	Very High
Elemental Bodied	Your body changes to resemble your elemental nature.	None	Very High
Elusive Target	You are very hard to hit when you want to be.	None	Very High
Endurance of Stone	Your ancestors were one with the earth.	None
Experimental Stock	Perhaps your parents were experimented on by mad arcanists. Or you've just been hit by one spell too many.	None	High
Expert Staff Fighter	You are a master of quarterstaff combat, learning both offensive and defensive technique while fighting with the grandfather of weapons.	Weapon Focus (Quarterstaff or other staff-like weapon)	High
Expert Tactician	You benefit your allies so good they remember you long time.	None	High
Extra Arms, Red Rob Version	You have more arms than is normal for your race.	None	Very High
Feint Attack	You juke enemies out of their shoes and onto your waiting blade.	None	Very High
Fire Dancer	Dance around your enemies and watch them burn. Inspired by Ignan Soul.	None	High
Frigid Snap	You have the innate ability to supercool the air around your body to channel it into your weapons.	None	High
Frostwalker	You are at home on the frozen wastes.	None	Very High
Frozen Fist	You have fists of ice, daggers and short swords of ice too.	None	Very High
Frozen Heart	Your icy aura freezes everything around you.	Must have the [Cold] subtype.	Very High
Frozen Soul	Your soul is linked to the elemental planes of cold	None
Gaia's Wrath	You channel the power of the Earth Mother through your body, empowering your weapons.	None	High
Ghost Hunter	You smack around those folks in the spirit world.	None	High
Giant Slayer	Everyone has a specialty. Yours is miraculously finding ways to stab creatures in the face when it seems improbable that you would be able to reach that high.	None	Very High
Great Fortitude	You are so tough. Your belly is like a prism.	None	High
Hatchet Hands	You chop down trees bare-handed	None	High
Horde Breaker	You kill really large numbers of people.	None	Very High
Hunter	You can move around and shoot things with surprising effectiveness.	None	High
Ignan Soul	Your soul is linked to the elemental planes of Fire.	None	High
Infallible	You don't fail at things you could not fail at.	None	Very High
Infernal Taint	Your blood has the taint of the lower planes. Maybe you were born this way, or maybe you just stepped in some Evil.	None	Very High
Insightful Strike	You hack people down with inherent awesomeness.	None	Very High
Ionic Spark	You have an ionic charge that can run through your natural and held weapons.	None	High
Iron Will	You are able to grit your teeth and shake off mental influences.	None	High
Juggernaut	You are an unstoppable Juggernaut.	None	High
Know Thy Enemy	Learn the habits of a particular quarry and put that knowledge to good use.	None	Very High
Kraken Style Grappler	You have learned the kraken style of grappling, which show you how to crush your opponent into submission, much like the legendary beast itself. Tentacles optional.	Improved Grapple	Very High
Learned Archery	Your high intelligence lets you know just where to strike to penetrate an opponent's armor.	Int 17 or higher.	High
Lightning Reflexes	You are fasty McFastFast. It helps keep you alive.	None	High
Lightning Soul	Your soul is linked to the elemental planes of Electricity.	None	High
Mage Slayer	You have trained long and hard to kill magic users. Maybe you hate them, maybe you just noticed that most of the really dangerous creatures in the world use magic.	None	Very High
Magekiller, Tome	You are adept at stopping magical creatures.	None	Very High
Master of Judo	You are a master of moving your opponents and using their own Strength against them.	Improved Unarmed Strike, Dex or Wis 13	High
Monkey Grip	When all else fails, get a bigger sword.	None	Very High
Multiweapon Fighting, Tome	Why fight with only one or even two weapons when you have more than that many hands.	Three or more hands.	Very High
Murderous Intent	You stab people in the face.	None	Very High
Natural Fighter	Because sometimes you need to fight with what your mother gave you.	None	Very High
Natural Heavyweight, Tome	You are very strong for your size.	None	High
Natural Weaponry	As your body grows, all of your Natural Weapons gain power along with it.	None	Very High
Occam's Duelist	Your wit is sharp enough to see through deceptions by pure analysis. This makes it evident when stabbing is a good plan - almost always.	None	Very High
Opportunist	You punish anyone who lets their guard down.	None	Very High
Phalanx Fighter	You fight well in a group.	None	High
Point Blank Shot	You are crazy good using a ranged weapon in close quarters.	None	Very High
Professional Wrestler	Big, small, you grapple them all!	Strength 13 or Dexterity 13, Improved Unarmed Strike	Moderate
Quick Draw, Tome	You can draw items increasingly quickly, become difficult to disarm and can strike extremely quickly.	None	High
Radiant Champion	You are the light that stands against the darkness.	None	Very High
Rapid Fire	You shoot people in the face really fast. It leaves women disappointed, but your enemies quite dead.	None	Very High
Rapid Shot, Tome	You shoot extremely fast, like real fast.	None	Very High
Rapid-Strikes Style	You have learned the Rapid-Strike Style, allowing you to perform multiple high speed attacks!	Improved Unarmed Strike, Flurry of Blows	Very High
Saddleborn Warrior	You are at your best when fighting with an ally that you are sitting on.	None	High
Shield Specialization	You are an expert at putting a piece of metal between you and harm's way.	None	Very High
Shieldbearer	You are the ultimate master of sword-and-board. Or, if you're feeling creative, you could try board-and-board instead.	None	Very High
Siege Shot, Combat	You can shoot a single, devastating shot.	None	Very High
Single-Blow Style	You have learned the Single-Blow Style, which allow you to perform a single extremely deadly attack.	Flurry of Blows	Very High
Skeletal Lord	Become an unkillable undead king!	Must be able to cast at least 1st level necromancy spells and have the Corpsecrafter feat and already be an undead	Very High
Skychild	You are a creature of the air.	None	Very High
Slayer	There are worse things out tonight than Vampires.	None	High
Sniper	Your shooting is precise and dangerous.	None	High
Sonic Pulse	You have the ability to channel sound and sonic vibrations through your body and weapons.	None	High
Spines of Fury, Red Rob Version	Barbed spines cover your body.	None	Very High
Spirit Warrior	A variant of the Zen Warrior feat, use your wisdom in combat and do spirit-related stuff.	None	Very High
Stand Still, Tome	You can stop enemies in their tracks.	None	Very High
Steel Vanguard Style	The Steel Vanguard Style is practiced by those who protect others, even at the risk of their own lives.	Combat Reflexes	High
Subdued Smiting	Gain a Smite Attack or just make your own better. Then use it to knock people out instead of finishing them off.	Charisma 13, non-True Neutral Alignment or Smite special attack	High
Subtle Cut	You cut people so bad they have to ask you about it later.	None	Very High
Surge of Ki	You have learned the ability to project your inner force in various applicable methods, including deadly blasts of energy. The monk benefit the most from this feat, but other character may as well.	None	Very High
Thrown Weapon Master	Some warriors take their chosen style very seriously. You are a master of throwing your weapon at those who oppose you, and your countless hours of training show as you develop new abilities.	Quick Draw, Dex 13	High
Tome Cleave	Cleave through your opponents with a series of cleave-related abilities.	None	High
Toxic Fist	You have fists of acid, daggers and short swords of toxic waste, too.	None	Very High
Two-Weapon Fighting	When armed with two weapons, you fight with two weapons rather than picking and choosing and fighting with only one. Kind of obvious in retrospect.	None	Very High
Unarmed Combat		None
Unearthly Flames	Your body burns with unnaturally hot fire.	Must have the [Fire] subtype	Very High
Vampire Hunter	You take the "Un" out of "Undead".	None	High
Verbose Assault	Make your opponents feel inferior to yourself in every way.	None	High
Weapon Finesse	You are incredibly deft with a sword.	None	High
Weapon Finesse, Tome	You're good with your fingers	None	Very High
Weapon Mastery	You have given your all to the mastery of a single weapon.	None	Very High
Weapon Splitter	"Are you fighting with a stick? That sword's at least going to break like one."	Str 15
Weapon of Righteous Destruction	Your hands make whatever is being held by them Magical and on Fire. For some reason this doesn't make them melt or burn up.	None	Very High
Whirlwind	You are just as dangerous to everyone around you as to anyone around you.	None	Very High
Wolfpack Tactics	You like ganging up on people.	None	High
Wuxia Master	You fight like a character from a Wuxia.	None	High
Zen Archery	You are very calm about shooting people in the face. That's a good place to be.	None	Very High
Zen Warrior	Zen warriors uses wisdom and inner spirit to enhance their fighting.	None	Very High
Zen Warrior Variant	Using your inner peace, you strike with power and purpose. Use Wisdom on attack rolls and more.	None	High

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