Check: The DCs for Smell checks relating to various tasks are summarized on the table above.
Action: Varies, as noted above.
Try Again: See above.
Special: If you have either the Assimilate or Connoisseur feat, you get a +2 bonus on smell checks.
If you have Resonance Hound and/or Resonance Sniffer feats, you may use the smell skill instead of the appropriate skill listed with the feat.
Creatures with the scent ability gain a +8 racial bonus to all smell checks related to noticing and identifying a particular non-magical scent not including magical potions, spells or diseases.

Check: The DCs for Taste checks relating to various tasks are summarized on the table above.
Action: Varies.
Try Again: Yes.
Special: If you have either the Assessor or Connoisseur feat, you get a +2 bonus on taste checks.

Check: The DCs for Touch checks related to various tasks are summarized on the table above.
Action: Typically 1 minute.
Try Again: No.
Dwarves receive their stonecunning bonus when the hard surface is rock or stone.

Extra Slot: Inappropriate mechanics according to these rules.

Faith Feats (CDiv): No faith points under these rules.

Luck feats: Any feat that increases/adds stats/rolls based on luck/karma/watchful spirits/divine intervention.

Metamagics Reducers (CA): No. just plain simple NO. This is no more than a cheap minmaxer's tool.

Multi Class-Feature advancement (e.g. Ascetic Mage): Multi-Class-Feature advancements are done via PrCs.

Sudden Metamagics (CA): No need anymore. Automatic Metamagic (see the new feats below) covers them all neatly now.

Reserve feats (CM): These house rules provide all the spellcasting versatility one might need.

Spellcasting feats: Feats that let you cast spells from spell-levels beyond your CL. This restriction does not include feats that grant spell-like abilities.

Brew Potion: See the Witch class's "Secrets of the Bubbling Cauldron" feature (entry #6).

Combat Expertise: I never liked anything about this feat (the mechanic doesn’t make sense, it’s an annoying prereq for so many feats that seem to have little to no relevancy to it, etc). There are more than enough means it these rules to acquire defensive knack without the need for this one.

Dodge: Plain simple a scrap feat.

Great Cleave: See the modified Cleave.

Heighten Spell: See the Spellcasting entry

Improved/Greater TWF: See the redefined TWF rules.

Improved Critical: See the modified critical-hit rules in the "Redefined Game Mechanics" spoiler.

Improved Initiative: Add base Ref-save bonus to initiative instead.

Improved Feint: You gain +4 to all opposed Feint checks - both to execute and to resist (see the redefinition of Feint option in the “Redefined Game Mechanics” spoiler)

Natural Spell: See the Druid's "Spellcasting" details.

Point Blank Shot: PBS is plain simple targeting something within 1st range multiplier distance.

Quicken Spell is GONE.
Anyone who wishes to cast swift spells should take spells with swift-action for casting time.

Scribe Scrolls: Not a feat. It's available to priests and Mages automatically, but to no other base class presented here.

Silent/Still Spell: See the Mage base-class spoiler.

Simple/Martial/Exotic Weapon Proficiency: see the Weapons' entry below.

Spring Attack: See "Multiple Attacks and Movement" in the "Redefined Game Mechanics" spoiler.

Adaptable Flanker: Complicates the combat scene and gameflow.

Bonded Familiar: This type of bond never exists under these rules.

Combat Acrobat: Plane simple unnecessary (there are skill feats that do it better).

Combat Focus: See the Warrior's 2nd-level class feature.

Combat Strike: See the Warrior's 16th-level class feature.

Crushing Strike: See Lightning Mace (weapon style).

Fiery Fist: See Ki Reinforce.

Ki Blast: Crappy feat.

Leap of the Heavens: You don't get momentum bonus when you have no momentum.

Lunging Strike: See "Multiple Attacks and Movement" in the "Redefined Game Mechanics " spoiler.

Mad Foam Rager: This kind of effect requires supernatural abilities (see the revised Monk below).

Robilar's Gambit: The Warrior class (see the classes entry) already gains this ability at no penalty.

Short Haft: This is how Polearms function, they just cannot be used in confined spaces.

Telling Blow: SA II automatically counts as critical.

Tumbling Feint: Tumbling to avoid AoOs… to augment feint… to augment Attack roll(!) Way too complicated.

TW-Pounce: This is already covered by the revised TWF rules.

Brutal Throw: STR is not used for hit rolls

Danger Sense: Natural perception capabilities don't have #uses.

Dual Strike: See "Multiple Attacks and Movement" in the "Redefined Game Mechanics" spoiler.

Lingering Song: See Arcane Accompaniment (PHB II) below

Versatile Performer: Just because it makes no sense (why should oratory skills have any bearings on how you play the violin?).

Chain Spell: All feats that affect spellcasting itself are omitted. Each spellcasting class in these house rules has different means of dealing with the drawbacks of conventional spellcasting.

Heighten Spell-Like Ability: For the same reason Heighten Spell is omitted. A creature's HD stand for its appropriate CL.

Practiced Spellcaster: I see this feat as a cheap min-max tool. If one so chooses to take levels in other classes for more options or a PrC – it WILL come at the expense of CL. These are the player's calculations to make and decide upon.

Twin Spell: See "Chain Spell".

All spellcasting feats associated with Turn Undead: Turn Undead has been modified (see entry #5 for more details) and is no longer valid for modification of spell effects.

Monkey Grip: animatic

Quick Staff (weapon style): Already defined for the quarterstaff.

Shock Trooper: See the redefined Combat Brute.

Spinning Halberd: Use the redefined TWF rules (see below).

TW-Defense: Use the redefined TWF rules (see below).

Skill-Feats
A skill-feat makes the two selected skills class-skills regardless of class. Furthermore, the bonuses granted by skill-feats actually count as skill-ranks for all intents and purposes. Skill-feats never stand by themselves as requirements for anything, as all they do is improve your aptitude regarding the selected skills - it's the ranks that count.

Saving Throw Focus (Fort/Ref/Will)
Choose a save type (Fort, Ref or Will). You get a +2 bonus on all saving throws of that type. This bonus increases by +1 for every +5 to BAB.

Blind-Fight
Also add Listen to your list of class skills.

Cleave [BAB +4]
A standard action that doesn't require felling an opponent and is limited by the max #Att you can make in a given round.
You may Cleave after each successful hit, but no more than your #Att/DEX-mod (whichever is higher).
You can only Cleave an opponent who's adjacent to your opponent and is within your regular reach (specialized reach weapons cannot cleave) while Power Attacking.
Cleave is momentum based, meaning piercing attacks deny this option.
When making a normal attack, a character with this feat may Cleave once on a successful critical hit.

Combat Reflexes [base Ref +3]
Allows you to take immediate actions while flatfooted, but you must be aware of your opponent and technically able to react (e.g. a human usually cannot deflect an attack while climbing).
You may also throw a melee weapon or a tossed object you have ready at hand as an immediate action - even out of combat.
You can also make a 2nd AoO at the expense of a standard action in your next combat turm or a 3rd AoO by forfeiting your next turn altogether. You can never make more AoOs than the total number of attacks per round you'd be entitled to while wielding a large weapon (see entry #4 for further details).

Diehard
You also gain +2 increase to all Endurance derived bonuses.

Improved Bull Rush
DOES NOT have PA as prereq, but it DOES require STR 13+.

Improved Disarm
If you have a free hand when you successfully disarm an opponent, you may make a DC 15 Ref save to catch the weapon in your free hand, or cause the weapon to fall into any space adjacent to you.

Improved Trip
Also add Balance to your list of class skills.

Leadership [BAB +6, Diplomacy 4, Sense Motive 4]
Gaining a cohort should be something that’s related to roleplay within the storyline, not some mysterious power to bind someone who’s practically your equal to your cause. Also, there’s no reason to limit to one permanent NPC companion, except for the case of sidekick, which obviously should have less levels than you in any and all of your classes.

Maximize Spell
Damage of area-effects can't be maximized (too many random factors).

Mobility
You add 1/2 your BAB as a bonus to AC vs. all AoOs.

Mounted Combat [Ride 4]
Encompasses Ride-By Attack in it. Protecting your mount is an immediate action, not a free action.

Power Attack [STR 13+]
You may swap DEX-mod for STR-mod when making melee or thrown weapon attacks.
You may also trade this STR-based hit-bonus altogether and gain it as damage bonus.

Precise Shot
Also add Spot to your list of class skills.

Skill Focus [4 skill ranks, there is a case in which the skill allows "take-10"]
This feat makes the chosen skill a class skill for you, for all classes. Furthermore, it grants a +3 bonus to that skill and allows you to take 10 when performing it, even while rushed or threatened.

Spell Mastery [Mage]
A Mage may add [1 spell per spell level] to his permanently known spells. This feat may be taken only once and the benefit persists with level progression.
Writer's note: Taking the already given amount of known spells for the Mage (see the "Mage" spoiler), this modification to the core feat streamlines things up, makes retraining relevant only as far as the selection per-level goes and doesn't cause an irrational leap of memory capacity (taking Spell Mastery at 1st level and retraining again & again up to level 18).

Toughness
Grants 2HP + 1HP per level. Toughness can be taken [1 + BAB/10] times at most.

TWF
You gain one extra attack and can either strike interchangeably, or save the offhand attack for last.
Hitting with both weapons interchangeably equalizes the offhand's attack bonus to that of the primary hand (if you have Ambidexterity, otherwise, the offhand attack takes a -4 hit penalty), penalizing all attacks by -2 to hit.
By saving the offhand attack for last, you don't receive any penalties to your primary attack and you gain 1 extra attack at your second highest attack bonus.
A 20th level fighter with TWF and Ambidexterity that hold 2 small weapons thus has +18/+18 / +13/+13 / +8/+8. The same fighter, saving the extra attack for last, would have the following attack bonuses: +20/+15/+10/+5/+0 / +15 (or +11 without Ambidexterity).
With both methods, if you wield 2 separate weapons, you do not need to make a full round action to gain an offhand attack.
You can refrain from attacking with the offhand weapon and use it to feint, or to “aid self” on your primary attack the same way as aid another works.
Double weapons cannot strike interchangeably, but they also don't require Ambidexterity.
Note I: 2WF is technique based, not DEX based. There's no prerequisite. Ambidexterity just makes it much more effective.
Note II: Improved / Greater Two Weapon Fighting feats are irrelevant with this approach. TWF and Ambidexterity (see below) are practically all there is to say about wielding 2 weapons in combat.
Oversized TWF: Basically (see the exception to this rule in the "Weapon Sizes and Weapon Speed" spoiler of entry #4), when wielding 2 1H/2H category weapons (or 1H/2H in the offhand and not ambidextrous), you gain no bonus whatsoever and lose 1 attack from the larger weapon (and take all TWF penalties).
That's why no one in history has ever wielded 2 bastard swords or 2 war axes in combat - plain simple: too cumbersome.

Weapon Finesse [BAB +3, proficiency with any finesseable weapon]
You may add your DEX-mod to damage when wielding a finesseable weapon, instead of your STR-mod.

Weapon Focus (and WF tree)
See alternative description in the "Warrior" spoiler.

Whirlwind Attack [BAB +6, Balance 4, Cleave, Mobility]
Works according to the SRD, but is inapplicable with piercing damage.

Acrobatic Strike [Mobility, Tumble 6]
After avoiding an enemy's AoO using Tumble, if you hit that enemy with an attack before the end of your turn, that enemy must succeed on a Will save (DC [10 + 1/2 BAB + DEX-mod]) or be Confused for 1 round.

Arcane Accompaniment: Renamed "Lingering Song".

Brutal Strike [Str 19+, BAB +6, PA]
Whenever using PA, if your attack hits and deals damage, the struck foe must succeed on a Fort save (DC [10 + 1/2 BAB + STR-mod]) or be Sickened for 1 round.
If you hit a foe twice or more in the same round, a 2nd failure means the target is Nauseated for 1 round and then Sickened for the next round.

Combat Awareness (combat form) [Combat Focus class feature]
This ability's blindsense stacks with blindsense from any other source.

Combat Defense (combat form) [Combat Focus class feature]
+1 dodge AC during Combat Focus for each Combat Form feat taken (including Combat Defense, max +4).

Combat Stability [Combat Focus class feature]
No change except the prereq.

Combat Vigor [Second Wind class feature]
No change except the prereq.

Crossbow Sniper [BAB +3 , Far Shot , Precise Shot , Weapon Proficiency (any crossbow)]
You add your DEX-mod to damage when using a crossbow. If you have SA ability, the maximum range at which you can make such attacks increases to 3 times the weapon's range multiplier.

Driving Attack: Cannot be implemented with Small/Tiny weapons (see the weapons entry below).

Einhander [BAB +6, Tumble 6, Sleight of Hand 4]
When fighting with a Light or One-Handed weapon in one hand and with nothing in the other, you gain the following 3 tactical advantages:
- Narrow Profile: You receive a +2 Dodge bonus to AC when fighting defensively or using Total Defense.
- Off-Hand Balance: You receive a +2 bonus on Tumble checks.
- Off-Hand Swap: If you also possess the Ambidexterity and TWF feats, you may, as part of a full attack, feint once as a free action.

Melee Weapon Mastery: Renamed "Weapon Mastery" and applicable to the selected weapon's group (melee/range), not damage type.

Penetrating Shot: Limited to 1 target per STR bonus (minimum between your STR-mod and the bow's modifier) and requires a composite long/short bow.

TW-Rend: The extra damage = [1d6 + 2 * STR-mod].

Brachiation: Not usable in medium/heavy load or heavy armor.

Disguise Spell: May not be used in conjunction with metamagic feats.

Improved Swimming: Also grants +4 to all swim checks.

Jack of All Trades: Min. skill-rank equivalency = 1/2 max C-C rank of current level. For instance, at level 6, it would allow you to treat a skill you had no ranks in (such as Decipher Script) as having 2 ranks.

Leap Attack: You deal double damage (or add +1 damage multiplier).

Extra Invocation
You can never have more than a single extra invocation per invocation category (least/lesser/greater/dark).
That way, it is still viable at lower levels for those that want it, doesn't step on the toes of 1st level parties, and stands shoulder to shoulder with the effects other classes will be throwing around. This also overrides the need for keeping track and determining retraining restrictions.

Persistent Spell [Extend Spell]
Spells affected by this metamagic have their duration increased to the next time category (to a maximum of 24 hours):
- Each round counts as a minute.
- Each minute counts as 10 minutes.
- 10 minutes count as an hour.
- An hour counts as 6 hours.
Spells with concentration, instantaneous, or permanent duration are unaffected by this feat.
Spells whose effects are discharged still end normally when they are discharged.
A persistent spell counts as a spell of 3 levels higher than the spell’s actual level.
Note: Extend Spell and Persistent Spell DON'T stack.

Disciple of the Sun: Spend 2 turning attempts at once to gain a 2-level boost + Daylight illumination for [1 + CHA-mod] rounds.

Divine Spell Power: The priest gains +1 CL increase for each 8 class-levels (rounded down).

Anvil of Thunder (weapon style): Improved Sunder prerequisite is omitted.

Arcane Strike: Limited to once / round as a swift action. By RAW (free actions) it has no limit on #uses (multiple applications to multiple strikes in a combat turn).

Bear Fang (weapon style): Has Improved Grapple instead of Power Attack as a prerequisite.

Clever Wrestling: has Improved Grapple instead of Improved Unarmed Strike as its prerequisite.

Combat Brute [STR 15+, BAB +4, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Trip]
This feat grants the following options
- Directed Push: you can Bull Rush your opponent on a diagonal axis and not just straight forward to you.
- Explosive Power: you can Bull Rush from a stand still.
- Toss: You can make an automatic trip attempt against a successfully bull-rushed opponent at the end of your Bull Rush distance. Even if successfully tripping, you're not entitled to an additional attack.

Crescent Moon (weapon style): Rapier is also an acceptable weapon (and Rapier was the weapon used for this style IRL).

Dash: Once per round, you may add 10ft to your speed when moving as a standard/full-round action. You can do this a number of times per day equal to your CON-score. Also, your overall land movement speed is increased by 10ft when traveling.

Formation Expert: Step into the Breach requires an unobstructed path to where your ally fell, instead of as written. Wall of Polearms also grants a +2 damage bonus against charging or mounted foes (+4 damage to charging mounted foes) under the indicated circumstances.

Hammer’s Edge (weapon style): Improved Bull Rush is omitted.

Improved Familiar: Goes with the territory of gaining levels as a Witch. All presented monsters in CW, FrCS, PGtF, RoF and CSco are good to go.

Improved Rapid Shot: Doesn’t have Manyshot as prerequisite, but does have BAB +4.

Lightning Mace: Requires BAB +6, but for each successful hit, your next attack roll (within your combat turn) gains a cumulative +1.

Net & Trident (weapon style): With Quick Draw & Ambidexterity, you can draw an alternative offhand weapon and use it in the full attack.

Phalanx Fighting: Does not require you to use a light weapon.

Prone Attack: Doesn’t have Lightning Reflexes as a prerequisite, but does have BAB +5.

Raptor School: Each +10 to the DC adds another +2 to damage. Hawk's eye bonus is not wasted after 3 rounds have passes (the edge is maintained as long as the target is being observed).

Sun School: Flash of Sunset allows attacks according to the remaining combat-turn action-quota.

Three Mountains (weapon style): Does not have Improved Bull Rush as a prerequisite. DC = [10+BAB+STR-mod]

Greenbound Summoning (LEoF): A metamagic feat with +2 spell-level adjustment.

Acrobatic Charge [BAB +8, AGI 19, STR 15, Balance 5, Tumble 3, Fleet of Foot]
While running or charging, you can make a 90-degree turn whenever you complete a distance equal to your base land speed. You can also do so before, but then you forfeit the remaining movement distance.
You may trade any 90-degree turn to gain a 45-degree turn that doesn’t cost you any movement distance, no matter at what part of your movement you choose to exercise them.

Adrenaline Rush [on character creation]
When during combat your HP drop to 1/2 or less, you gain +2 to STR and DEX. This effect lasts [CON-mod + 3] combat rounds, or until you're brought above 1/2 your max HP.

Aggressive Grappler (Tactical) [BAB+6, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Unarmed Strike, Improved Grapple]
This feat allows you to make the following tactical maneuvers:
Fast grab: You may attempt to initiate a Grapple as a Move Action instead of a Standard Action.
Flying Tackle: When you make a Bull Rush against a foe as part of a Charge, you may also initiate a Grapple after pushing.
Concussive Tackle: You may initiate a Grapple as part of a charge. If the check succeeds, you deal damage as though you made a successful grapple attack as well.

Agile Archery [Mounted Archery, Shot on the Run]
You can move around and shoot things with surprising effectiveness.
You suffer no penalties for firing from unstable ground, a running steed, or any of that.
You may take a full round action running and make a single ranged attack from any point during your movement. You retain your AGI-mod to AC while running.

Always Ready [Danger Sense, BAB +8]
You are never surprised and always act on the first round of any combat.
When (and if) benefiting from Combat Focus, you cannot be caught flat footed - except when climbing.

Ambidexterity [DEX 15+]
Offhand counts as primary hand (STR-mod to damage on primary and secondary attack). It also allows you to switch hands if one is disabled, without suffering penalties. Without this feat, your offhand always takes a -4 hit penalty (on top of the -4 hit penalties to both hands without TWF).

Armor Mastery (medium) [BAB +4, STR 15+, Medium Armor Proficiency]
Medium armor no longer hinders your base land speed and your max-AGI increases by +1 when wearing any type of light/medium armor.
Dwarves: A Dwarf is automatically considered to have med. armor mastery when he gains med. armor proficiency.

Armor Mastery (heavy) [BAB +9, STR 19+, Heavy Armor Proficiency, Armor Mastery (medium)]
Heavy armor no longer hinders your base land speed and your max-AGI increases by +1 when wearing any type of armor (stacking with Armor Mastery (medium)).
Dwarves: A Dwarf can take heavy armor mastery at BAB +6 and doesn't need med. armor mastery.

Armor Specialization
Choose one specific type of armor you are proficient with that doesn't hinder your land speed. When wearing that armor type, your armor check penalty is reduced by 2, your max-AGI bonus is increased by 1 and your ASF is decreased by -10%. This feat can be taken multiple times, to be applied to different armor types.

Armor Optimization [Armor Specialization]
Your experience with your armor of choice has taught you how to receive blows in a manner that will penetrate your armor's defenses less efficiently, effectively increasing your armor AC with your armor of choice by +2.

Armored Invoking [Invocations class feature]
You have learned how to limit your movements while using your class-related invocations and no longer suffer any chance of ASF while donning light armor.

Bend like a Reed [Monk level 5th, AGI 15]
Even the strongest, most straightforward and brutal martial artists know that the best way to resist an opponent is not always brute force versus brute force.
Instead, monks know that the best way to defeat a strong opponent is very often to yield to him, to bend before his fury as the reed bows to the wind.
- When making a defensive check against Bull Rush, Grapple, Overrun or Trip attempts, the monk can use Balance as a free action to attempt to negate any advantages in size, Strength, or momentum the opponent may possess. The monk must succeed on a Balance check vs. a DC [15 + the opponent’s STR-mod + size-mod, if any.
- By increasing the DC of the check to 25 + the opponent’s Strength modifier + size modifier, the monk can truly turn his opponent’s own Strength against him – turning all STR & momentum bonuses into penalties.

Bladed Cover [Weapon Specialization (slashing weapon), Base Ref +5]
When applying total defense and not threatened in melee, all missile attacks from a 90-degree cone (selected by you) take -2 hit penalty and have 20% miss chance.

Braveheart
There is not much that scares you.
You gain a +2 bonus to all Will Saves to resist fear or fear related effects and the degree of fear you suffer is always one level less severe than others would normally suffer, down to no effect (e.g. shaken instead of frightened, and you're not impressed by effects that merely make others shaken).

Canny Defense [BAB +2, INT 13, Weapon Finesse]
With respect to melee attacks, you gain a dodge bonus to your AC equal to your INT-bonus, if you are wielding a 'finesseable' melee weapon and wearing light or no armor and have no more than light encumbrance. The bonus granted by this feat cannot exceed half your BAB.

Charge Breaker [BAB +4]
an opponent that charges you provokes an AoO from you.
When making an AoO against a charging foe with a weapon which may be set against a charge, you may treat your weapon as if it were actually set to receive a charge without taking the ready action.
When taking the ready action (with any weapon), you gain +4 to hit an opponent that's charging you. If you hit, you deal double damage (or triple damage with a weapon that can be set vs. charge).

Charge Through [Improved Overrun, Power Attack, BAB +2]
When making a charge as a standard action, you can attempt to overrun one creature in the path of the charge as a free action.
When making a charge as a full round action, you can attempt to overrun up to two creatures in the path of the charge as a free action.
If the overrun is unsuccessful, the charge ends in the space directly in front of that creature.

Close Combat Archery [BAB +6, Precise Shot, Shot on the Run]
You can attack with a Bow (any type) or tossed objects even while threatened and not provoke AoOs.

Combat Cloak Expert [DEX 15+, BAB +3, proficient with a shield/buckler, Bluff 3]
while wearing a cloak, you gain +1 dodge AC and +1 deflection bonus to AC.

Combat Grip [Combat Focus class Feature]
You have been trained to guard your weapon from being manipulated by your foes.
Add +4 to your defensive opposed roll vs. maneuvers that target your weapon, such as Deflect, Disarm and Sunder.
If you have 2 additional Combat Form feats, this bonus is increased to +8.

Confound the Big Folk [BAB +8, Underfoot Combat (RofW; p.152), Tumble 10]
When you occupy a square with a creature at least two size categories larger than you, you may use the following 3 tactical maneuvers:
- Knee Striker: The creature is considered Flat-Footed against you and you receive a +4 bonus to your crit threat range.
- Underfoot Defense: When you Fight Defensively or use Total Defense, any melee or ranged attack on you, other than by the creature that shares his space with you, has a 50% chance of striking the creature instead of hitting you.
- Unsteady Footing: You may initiate a Trip attack on the creature without provoking AoOs from it. You can add your choice of STR/DEX-mod to you check. Your opponent does not get to add his/her size bonus to its roll. If the Trip attempt fails, your opponent does not get to try to trip you.

Controlled Rage [Rage, Concentration 4]
You may perform any INT/WIS/CHA skill-based task that can be completed in a full-round action or less, and retreat while raging is now a viable option.

Covering Fire [Base Ref Save +3 , Weapon Proficiency (any bow / crossbow) , Rapid Reload/Shot]
As a swift action, you can designate a 60-degree cone area within your weapon's range increment or 30ft (whichever's greater) where you can react to opponents' movement or attack. If the opportunity arises and your shot hits, the target suffers -10ft penalty to its speed or -2 on its next attack (depending on the action that triggered your attack), and cannot take swift/immediate actions until after its next turn.

Crippling Strike [BAB +3, INT 13, Spot 6]
You slash at your opponent’s wings, feet, knees, or some other body part used for movement.
Whenever you’re entitled to damage multiplier derived from one of your actions (crit, feats, circumstances etc), you may pick a movement mode used by your target, such as climbing, flying, or walking.
You reduce its speed by 5ft per damage multiplier forfeited. If you reduce its speed to 0, it cannot move on its next turn using that mode and is restricted to 5ft on further actions. A flying creature drops one maneuverability category for every 10ft of speed it loses (to a minimum of clumsy). At speed of 0 it immediately falls and takes damage as normal.
Note that this effect reduces a target’s base speed as well as its speed after accounting for armor and encumbrance.
The effects of this maneuver stack with other effects that reduce speed. They last until the creature receives healing of any kind.
Special: You cannot negate a creature’s movement if it moves without the aid of an obvious anatomical means, such as wings or legs. You target muscles, bones, etc. Thus, you could not negate the aerial movement of a wizard who is using a Fly spell.

Danger Sense [Uncanny Dodge, BAB +4]
You react to danger with uncanny effectiveness.
You may make a Sense Motive check (opposed by your opponent's Bluff check) immediately whenever any creature approaches within 60ft of you with harmful intent. If you succeed, you know the location of the creature even if you cannot see it.

Disgorgement Fist [Monk level 1 or Iron Strike, BAB +4, Heal 5, Spot 3]
You know how to make unarmed attacks with surgical accuracy, attacking the target’s diaphragm with incredible force, forcing it to disgorge the contents of their stomachs and lungs in a convulsive gasp.
You may use this ability either to save allies from the negative effects of ingested / inhaled poisons, or to injure your opponents.
When using Disgorgement Fist to negate poison, you must dedicate a standard action to centering yourself and prepare your target to receive the blow and then must strike them with an unarmed attack using your palm. You then strike your ally in the area between the stomach and chest. In order for this technique to be effective, you must perform it after the target has ingested or inhaled poison but before the saving throw against the secondary effects of the poison takes effect.
If the target is willing to receive the blow, you must make a successful attack vs. AC 10.
If the target is not willing, then the monk must succeed with a normal attack roll. If the attack roll is successful, then the targeted creature is entitled to a Fort save vs. DC [10 + ½ Heal ranks + WIS-mod] to resist the effect.
When Disgorgement Fist is successful, the target instantly disgorges the contents of their stomach and exhales their breath in a long gasp, vomiting and breathing out whatever non-magical ingested or inhaled poisons and toxins are within their body, negating the poison’s secondary effect.
The target is then nauseated for one full round.
You can also use Disgorgement Fist to deal normal damage and nauseate opponents without providing its beneficial effect.

Disrupt Special Ability [BAB +5, Crippling Strike, INT 15, Spot 8]
You chop at a creature’s eyestalk, slice at its mouth, or otherwise act to disrupt one of its special abilities.
You can make a full round action attack, selecting a part of the creature’s anatomy that is obviously the source of, or provides the impetus for a supernatural or Ex ability, such as a creature’s mouth (for a breath weapon) or its eyes (for a gaze attack).
You cannot target a spell-like ability unless the DM judges that the creature generates it through the use of some organ or other body part. If your attack hits, the creature loses the benefit of that ability until it receives magical healing or heals naturally.
Penalty: Disrupt Special Ability is a called shot (see the "Redefined Game Mechanics" spoiler, entry #5).

Double Step [Tumble 6, Jump 9]
When in light or no armor and light loaded, you can take a 10ft step instead of the usual 5ft-step.

Dragonscale Husk [Dragonfire Adept* level 2, Medium Armor Proficiency]
This works as the feat of the same name (DrMg; p.12), but does not burn armor proficiencies (I mean, WTF).
The armor benefit of this feat, when applied, replaces the DFA's nat. armor. Furthermore, when the husk is applied, its increase counts for determining the DFA’s energy resistance.
* see the added rules for the base class below (entry #6).

Dungeon Crasher [BAB +3 , Knowledge (dungeoneering) 6, Improved Bull Rush]
As detailed in Dungeonscape.

Dungeon Juggernaut [BAB +6 , Knowledge (dungeoneering.) 9, Dungeoncrasher, Combat Brute]
As detailed for the Improved Dungeon Crasher ASF in Dungeonscape ("Improved..." is highly unimaginative and is reserved for specific maneuvers).

Elusive Stalker [Fast Stealth Rogue talent, Ambush Rogue talent]
You can make a SA against an unaware target and Hide vs. that target immediately after attacking, with no penalty. You still need cover to hide and you take a -5 penalty to Hide vs. other creatures in the same room.

Expert Tactician [BAB +2, Int 13]
You are adept at reacting to changing circumstances.
Whenever you take the Ready action, you may ready two separate actions each with its own trigger.

Favored Enemy [Knowledge (according to the relevant monster group) 4]
You learn the best tactics for combating a particular group of creatures (as given for the core Ranger, treating all humaniods as one group).
You gain +2 to initiative, +1 to hit, +1 to AC and +2 to damage against a favored enemy.
This feat can be taken multiple times. Each time it is assigned to a different group of opponents.

Feint Buster Tactics [BAB +4 , Improved Feint]
You have mastered counter tactics vs. Feint.
Whenever you successfully deny an opponent’s Feint attempt, you may spend your immediate action to gain an AoO against them.

Fleet of Foot [Dex 15+, Run]
You can make a single 90-degree turn or two 45-degree turns while running or charging.

Flying Kick [PA, Improved Unarmed Strike, Jump 4]
You may make an unarmed charge attack on any opponent within range of your jump (if you fail to jump far enough, the attack is wasted). If the attack succeeds, you may deal unarmed damage as if you were one size category larger than normal, and you may add twice your normal STR-mod to the damage you inflict.

Forceful Combat [Cleave, Combat Brute, Improved Sunder]
- Advancing Blows: When successfully bull-rushing an opponent, on the next round you gain +1 hit and to all opposed rolls (feint/disarm/trip/…) for each 5ft he was pushed.
- Domino Effect: when successfully Bull Rushing an opponent with at least 10ft running start, if there’s someone behind him that you can Bull Rush, you can "Toss" (see the redefined Combat Brute feat) both of them.
- Sundering Cleave: When attacking an opponent's weapon, shield or other held object, if the object is broken, you can immediately make another attack against the same opponent or another object he holds.

Graceful Defense [BAB +4, CHA 13+, Mobility]
When wearing light/no armor (or med. armor with Armor Mastery), you add your CHA-mod as dodge bonus to AC. This technique cannot be combined with shield defense.

Graceful Edge [BAB +1, Weapon Finesse, Weapon Focus with a 1H medium weapon]
When fighting with a chosen weapon in your primary hand and no weapon or shield in your off-hand, you receive the following benefits:
- You treat the weapon as “Finesseable”.
- You receive a +1 Shield bonus to AC (+2 when Fighting Defensively or using Total Defense)

Hindering Bull Rush [Imp. Bull Rush, PA, BAB +6]
You receive a +2 bonus on checks made to bull rush a foe. This bonus stacks with the bonus granted by Improved Bull Rush.
Whenever you bull rush an opponent, his movement provokes AoOs from all of your allies (but not you).

Hindering Opportunist [Combat Reflexes, Imp. Trip, BAB +6]
If you hit an enemy with an AoO provoked by movement, your enemy loses a move action and is tripped.
The target of this attack may not counter-trip.

Horde Breaker [Cleave, BAB +8]
As a full round action, you may take a bonus 5ft-step every time you are entitled to a Cleave attack, which you may take either before or after the attack (but not both in between 2 cleaving attacks).

Improved Armored Invoking [lesser invocations class feature , no ASF in light armor]
You have learned how to minimize your movements while using your class-related invocations and no longer suffer any chance of ASF while donning medium armor.

Improved Deflect [BAB +4, Iron Strike / Monk level 1 / Weapon Focus]
A successful deflection allows an immediate retaliation with the same maneuver and at the same attack bonus. If your attack deals damage, the attacker also losses his next immediate attack (if any left before his next action).

Iron Strike [Improved Unarmed Strike]
Your Unarmed Attack does lethal damage.
To figure the damage, treat your BAB (+1/+7/+13/+19) as if it were a Monk's level (see the revised Monk, entry #6).

Last Stand [Diehard, Base Fort save +5]
Once a day per WIS-mod you may call upon your inner reserves to perform a Last Stand. You're rendered immune to fear and may continue fighting until you're dead. You cannot voluntarily end the effect or retreat while performing Last Stand, but you can cease if your opponent(s) surrender. If Last Stand is keeping you from dropping, you must have allies to take care of your surrendering opponents in order to cease.

Lightning Fists [monk level 6, DEX 15+]
Your combat skills allow you to attempt a series of blindingly fast blows.
While flurrying as a full round action, you can make an additional attack at your highest attack bonus, at the expense of -3 penalty to all attack rolls. Subsequently, you can make 2 additional attacks at your highest attack bonus, taking -5 penalty to all attack rolls. Applying this maneuver requires all the attacks to be made unarmed.

Mercurial Strike [Combat Reflexes, Quick Draw, BAB +8]
Whenever an opponent provokes an AoO from you when you're unarmed, you may draw a medium/small/tiny 1H melee weapon and make your AoO with it. If you hit, the target of your AoO is considered flat-footed against your attacks until the end of your next turn.

Mobile Assault [BAB +8, Dodge, Mobility]
When making full round multiple attacks you may take 5ft-step before, in between or after each attack, as long as the total distance doesn't exceed your base movement speed. You may not take more than a single 5ft steps in between 2 consecutive attacks.

Numbing Rage [CON 15+, Base Fort save +5, Rage]
While you are in rage you are immune to extra damage and penalties (such as movement restrictions from caltrops) stemming from pain. Non-lethal damage and its effects are postponed until the end of the rage.

One-Hand Bravado [Swashbuckler, 1H Weapon Specialization]
While using a 1H or light weapon in one hand and carrying nothing (other than maybe a buckler) in the other, the warrior can turn his body away from attacks, reducing his profile and openness to attack against a single selected opponent. The warrior gains +4 dodge bonus to AC and the equivalent of light fortification (a 25% chance of negating a critical hit or sneak attack).
The warrior can expend his focus as a swift action to put his whole weight into an all-out blitz. Until his next turn, the warrior doubles the number of attacks made with his light or one-handed weapon against the designated opponent, but in exchange he gives up his AGI to AC against all other opponents.
A warrior using this ability can receive extra attacks from the Haste spell and similar magical effects, but such attacks are not doubled by this ability. If at least half of the warrior's attacks hit during this full attack, the target must make a Fort Save, DC [10+1/2 BAB+DEX-mod], or be dazed until the end of the warrior's next turn.

One Man Gang [BAB +6, Combat Reflexes, Imp. Grapple, Powerful Built or Large+ size, Whirlwind Attack]
You are especially competent when fighting multiple opponents.
You benefit from this feat whenever you apply Whirlwind Attack.
Until the beginning of your next round, you:
1. Negate the bonuses granted to any opponent due to aid ally action to assist in attacking you.
2. Negate any bonus to attack for flanking you.
3. Gain +4 for all your defensive Bull Rush, Grapple and Trip checks.
Creatures larger than you are unaffected by this fighting style.

One Shot, One Kill [WIS 13, Far Shot, Dead Eye Shot, BAB +6]
You have devastatingly precise aim.
Whenever you take the Aim action with a missile weapon, on a successful hit you do 1d8 bonus damage for each attack that you normally have on a regular attack sequence. This damage is multiplied on crit.

Overpowering Assault [BAB +18, Imp. Bull Rush, Imp. Disarm, Imp. Sunder, Imp. Trip, Intimidate 15]
You make a series of specific attacks while pushing forward.
You start by attempting to either Disarm or Sunder your opponent's weapon.
If successful, it means that you've managed to remove your opponent's weapon out of the way and you may attempt to Bull Rush your opponent.
If successful, it means that you've managed to undermine your opponent's footing and you may attempt to Trip it (with follow-up attack).
If you hit, you undermine your opponent's confidence and can make an Intimidate check to unnerve your opponent.
Special: Specifically for this maneuver, you make all your attacks at your highest BAB.

Pierce the Wind [BAB 6+, Concentration 4, Far Shot, Precise Shot]
When firing in windy conditions, you may treat the wind as if it was two levels milder. This allows you to fire through a Wind Wall or similar effects.

Pinning Shot [BAB +4, Precise Shot, Spot 7]
You may attempt to skewer an opponent to the ground or his hand to the wall, or you might catch his clothing or armor with a well-placed shot.
When making a successful aimed shot (see the "Actions" spoiler in entry #5), in addition to normal damage (if you so choose to cause damage), your target must make a Ref save vs. DC equal to your attack roll or have its movement halted until the beginning of its next turn - upon which time it may free itself as a standard action by taking 1d4 damage (when a body part is skewered).
On a successful save, the target is merely slowed for 1 round

Pommel Strike [BAB +2, DEX 13, Weapon Focus: the weapon being used]
Once per round, when you miss on a melee attack against an opponent, and your attack would also miss their touch AC, you may shift your momentum and immediately make a free attack at -2 with the back side of your weapon. This attack deals bludgeoning damage equal to weapon's normal damage downgraded one size category.
Any extra feat/magic related damage is calculated as normal.
This feat does not operate in conjunction with TWF.

Rage [CON 15+]
While raging, you fight recklessly (see entry #5) and you gain +2 morale bonus to all saves, but you cannot use Perform, take actions that require patience or concentration to any degree, or make any other skill use that requires more than a full round action to complete.
Retreat is not an option while raging, but you can end your rage prematurely, by making a successful Will save vs. DC [12 + the remaining rage duration].
You can enter a state of rage once per 6 hours at most, and not while dazed, disabled, fatigued, frightened, staggered or stunned (or worse, of course). Once the rage is over, you’re fatigued until the end of the encounter and require the same duration (as you were enraged) of rest to recover.

Rending Thrust [BAB 8+, Weapon Mastery: Spears]
Whenever you successfully deal damage with a Spear (or Spear-based weapon) that's held 2H, you may choose to forfeit your next attack roll (requires having an available attack to "burn") and deal the weapon's base-damage as extra slashing damage. If the target can "bleed" (i.e. mostly living creatures), it must make a ref save (DC = [10 + 1/2 your BAB + your STR-mod]) or receive a wound that bleeds 1HP/round for 1d4+1 rounds.
Multiple rends cause multiple bleeding effects

Sharp Shooter [Far Shot, Precise Shot]
You can spend a move action to negate the benefit of Deflect/Snatch-Arrow or any other feat that grants (or is based on one that grants) defensive bonuses against ranged attacks.

Shield of Blades [Ambidexterity, Bladed Cover, TWF, wielding a pair of slashing weapons]
When applying total defense and not threatened in melee, all missile attacks from a 120-degree cone (selected by you) take -4 hit penalty and have 50% miss chance.

Siege Coordinator [BAB +5, Profession (siege engineer) 5]
You can use Aid Another action on siege weapons you command. This grants them a +4 bonus on attack rolls and +1 HD on Hull Damage rolls. You can command a number of siege weapons equal to your level at once, none two of which can be more than 100ft away (or 400ft away, if you have messengers at your disposal). All ballistic weapons you command also have their firing range increased by 10%.

Signature Enemy [Favored Enemy, Knowledge (monster group) 6]
Add +2 to initiative, +1 to hit, +1 to AC and +2 to damage against a particular type of foe that belongs to one of your Favored Enemy groups.
This feat can be taken multiple times. Each time it is assigned to a different type of opponent.

Silent Blade [Melee Weapon Mastery: any slashing group, Hide 9, Move silently 9, Sleight of Hand 9]
You have learned to strike without notice. If you use a masterwork slashing weapon to hit a flat-footed opponent from stealth, you can choose to have the opponent not realize that it has been hit until the start of your next turn. You then can roll a Stealth check with a -5 penalty per successful attack beyond the first to remain in stealth.
This ability doesn’t allow the opponent to ignore any of the other effects of your attack, such as ability damage from poison on your blade or falling unconscious when reduced to fewer than 0 HP.
If you fail the stealth check or choose not to roll one this attack provokes an AoO from all enemies nearby except the one attacked.

Slam Through [Monk level 1 / Iron Strike, Str 17, Con 15, Dungeon Crasher, Imp. Overrun, PA]
You gain a natural Slam attack dealing damage appropriate to your size (2d6 for a medium creature) + twice your STR-mod.
You also gain the Trample special attack. Creatures you successfully Overrun automatically take damage equal to your Slam attack.

Slashing Flurry [BAB +6]
When making a standard action attack or a full round action attack with a slashing weapon (or a pair of slashing weapons), you can make an additional attack at your highest attack bonus with a slashing melee weapon as part of a standard / full attack, albeit this attack and all other attacks are made at a -3 hit penalty.

Snatch Thrown Weapon [BAB +4, Base Ref +5, DEX 15+]
You can catch a weapon thrown at you (but not a missile shot from a device) as an immediate action and throw it back at the attacker, using your own attack roll (full BAB).
For doing so the defender must match (or beat) his opponent's attack roll.

Spinning Weapon Defense [BAB +4, Balance 4, Perform (dance) 4, Tumble 5, Ambidexterity]
You gain a +2 dodge bonus to your AC with a double weapon you're proficient with. Additionally, if you fight defensively, you cannot be flanked by attackers less than 4 HD greater than your own (stacks with UD).

Stone-Faced Soldier [Foot Soldier, Second Wind class feature, Braveheart]
You're immune to all forms of fear and you gain a +4 bonus to resist compulsion effects of all typed (charm, dominate, confusion etc), as well as a +2 bonus on initiative checks.

Strike from the Void [Greater Weapon Focus: Katana, Bluff 5, Concentration 6, Improved Feint, Quick Draw]
You have learned to surprise you foes by drawing your Katana and striking in a blink of an eye. To execute this maneuver, you must have your offhand free to hold the scabbard steady while drawing your blade 1-H. For this maneuver specifically, you feint against the 1st opponent that attacks you as an immediate action (you must be aware of the attacker). If successful and successfully hitting your target, you automatically score a critical hit. Iterative attacks can be made 2H.
Strike from the Void can only be initiated as your 1st defensive/offensive action of an encounter (once attacked and not seizing the moment – the opportunity is lost).

Strongarm Training [BAB +6, STR 15+, Balance 5]
You are trained at utilizing pole weapons (Staff, Spear etc) using one hand. If a double weapon is used with Strongarm Training, you may only use one side of the weapon at a time to attack with.

Sudden Strike of Opportunity [Sudden Strike class feature, Combat Reflexes]
You can make a Sudden Strike whenever you're entitled to an AoO.

Sudden Willow Strike [STR 13+, DEX 13+, FoB class feature, spears & polearms prof.]
You may flurry with spears and polearms.

Talons of the Beast [Ambidexterity, Imp. Grapple, Imp. Unarmed Strike, TWF]
If you make a successful attack with a light piecing weapon (except Rapier, which is too cumbersome for grappling), you can lose whatever weapon you’re carrying in your offhand and make a follow up (bonus action) grapple attempt at no penalties.

Tireless Rage [BAB +8, Numbing Rage]
You're no longer fatigued after raging.

Twin Blade Dance [Battlegrace class feature, proficiency with Scimitar, Ambidexterity, TWF]
The Bladesinger has mastered the technique of applying all Bladesinger features while duel-wielding a pair of Scimitars.

Two Weapon Whirlwind Attack [BAB +12, Perform (dance) 5, Tumble 5, TWF, Ambidexterity, Whirlwind Attack]
You make a Whirlwind attack with both weapons. All your attacks for the round are made at a -2 hit penalty.

Uncanny Reflexes [WIS 13, Uncanny Dodge class feature]
You sense danger before it happens.
You may add your WIS-bonus to your Ref saving throws.

Uncanny Scent [Scent, Wis 13 or Blind-Fight]
You can pinpoint the location of a scent when within 10ft per point of your Constitution or Wisdom bonus, whichever is higher.
Normal: You can pinpoint the location of a scent when within 5ft.

Vicious Strike [STR 17+, BAB +5]
You may apply PA when using a small/tiny, piercing/slashing weapon.

Watchman [CON 15+]
Your increased vitality and attentiveness grant you the following benefits:
- You need only half as much sleep as a normal person of your race would
- You can push yourself up to twice as long between sleep, but then you require normal sleep time.
- The penalty on listen checks while sleeping is reduced to -5 instead of -10.
- You're not staggered when you sleep is interrupted.

Whirling Havoc [BAB +18, Flawless Stride class feature, Whirlwind Attack]
You can make a Whirlwind Attack while moving up to your speed, taking -2 to your dodge AC. During Whirling Havoc you gain +4 on all opposed checks to resist Bull Rush, Deflect, Disarm, Grapple, Overrun and Trip attempts.

>>=============== Modified Shield Feats

- Shield Proficiency (PHB) Valid to small & large shields only.

- Buckler Proficiency (New Feat) A separate proficiency that grants you a free hand at the expense of protection value.

- Tower Shield Proficiency (PHB) [Shield Proficiency] Encompasses Shield Wall feat (HoB).

- Improved Shield Bash (PHB) [Shield Proficiency] As given

- Shield Slam (CW) [Improved Shield Bash] Encompasses Shield Charge rather than depends upon it.

- Shield Sling (PHB II) As given, but requires only BAB +6.

- Shield Specialization [Shield Proficiency]
As an immediate action, you may force a foe that attacks you to roll a single attack roll twice, taking the worst of the two results.

- Shield Ward (PHB II) As given


>>=============== New Shield Feats

- Ironhide [Shield Ward]
To gain the benefit from this feat, you must be wearing a medium or heavy armor and must use a large / tower shield. You know how to use your armor and shield to protect yourself (or others) from harming effects other than weapon damage. You take less damage, equal to the AC granted by your armor and shield from acid, cold, fire & force effects (and electricity, if both your armor AND shield are non-conductive), and from falling rocks.

- Pummel [BAB +12, Shield Slam]
Shield Slam now stuns instead of dazes opponents that are struck by this talent.

- Reflexive Shield [Shield Ward]
You know how to utilize shield defense to the fullest of its usefulness and add your shield bonus on all Ref saves.

- Scatter [Imp. Bull Rush, Shield Bash]
As a standard action, you can clear a forward arc, throwing enemies back.
You make a standard attack against each foe within your frontal arc (45deg right & 45deg left), dealing normal damage.
You then make a Bull Rush attempt against each foe struck with this attack with a +4 circumstance bonus to your Bull Rush check.


>>=============== Omitted Shield Feats (due to irrelevancy)

- Agile Shield Fighter (PHB II)
- Improved Buckler Defense (CW)
- Pin Shield (CW)

Crack of Fate [Weapon Specialization: Whip, Melee Lash]
When making a full-attack action with a whip, you can attack one additional time per round at your highest AB. All of your attack rolls take a –2 penalty when using Crack of Fate.

Crack of Doom [Greater Weapon Specialization: Whip, Crack of Fate]
When making a full-attack action with a whip or whip-dagger, you can attack two additional times that round at your highest AB. All attack rolls take a –5 penalty when using Crack of Doom.

Imposing Whip [Melee Lash]
You may perform AoOs against foes within 15ft.

Melee Lash [BAB +8, Third Hand (see below)]
When armed with a whip or other whip-like weapon, you threaten an area around you equal to your normal unarmed reach. You can make AoOs with the whip within that area. Additionally, you do not provoke AoOs by using a whip in combat, or by any other use of a whip, such as with the Third Hand feat.

Snaring Whip [Weapon Focus: whip, Improved Trip]
You may use your whip to entangle foes. Make a ranged touch attack. If you hit, the target is entangled. While using a whip in this way, you cannot use it to make normal attacks.
An entangled creature takes a –2 penalty on attack rolls and a –4 penalty on Dexterity.
You may hold onto the whip by succeeding an opposed Strength check with the target creature; if successful the entangled creature can only move within the range of the whip while entangled.
An entangled creature must succeed a DC 15 concentration check or be unable to cast a spell.
An entangled creature can escape with a DC 20 Escape Artist check (a full-round action). The whip has 10 HP and can be burst with a DC 25 strength check (also a full-round action).

Third Hand [Dex 13+, Weapon Focus (whip), BAB +4, Sleight of Hand 5]
When armed with a whip, you are treated as having a free hand that can reach as far as your whip’s reach, which you can use to manipulate objects, throw weapons etc.
With a successful grapple check, you can perform any of the following actions.
•• Deal your whip’s damage to your opponent.
•• Move at half speed and bring your opponent with you (though he keeps the same relative distance to you).
••Pull your opponent closer a number of squares equal to your natural reach (up to an adjacent square).

Vexing Trip [Greater Weapon Focus: whip, Improved Trip]
Whenever you successfully trip an opponent, that opponent provokes AoOs.

It is common knowledge that all halflings practice throwing and skipping stones as children, a talent that leads many adults to favor thrown weapons well into their adventuring career. Rock-throwing tournaments accompany most major halfling gatherings, from weddings to the inauguration of a new sheriff, but the most fiercely competitive contests are held for their own sake. The participants in these games are often professional rock-throwers; athletes who make their living by traveling to various towns and winning cash prizes. The best of the best become famous for their uncanny aim and prowess, admired as sports stars and lusted after as sex symbols. These are the Rock-Skipping Champions.


Skipping Strike [Range Weapon Mastery: Rock-Sling-Bola (see entry #5), BAB +10 or Halfling with BAB +6]
When launching a stone, you can make it bounce from one target to another, damaging multiple opponents.
This grants a unique mechanical advantage:
If after hitting an opponent another is present within 10ft, you can make an iterative attack at -4.
If after hitting an opponent another is present within 20ft, you can make an iterative attack at -5.
If after hitting an opponent another is present within 30ft, you can make an iterative attack at -6.
This can go on for as long as your next AB is ZERO or higher (as usual for iterative attacks - see entry #5), but when an attack roll indicates a miss, the sequence ends.
Note: The above numbers include the ability to regain ownership on the launched projectile (basically: "Returning") and multiple re-bouncing between the same targets.

Bank Shot [Skipping Strike]
You have learns to bounce rocks off walls, trees, ceilings, etc., in order to make a difficult shot. While the Halfling must make a ranged touch attack roll to hit the wall, most walls have a touch AC of 1 (trees and such might be higher). If successful, the rock can bounce up to 180 degrees and continue on its way. This trick is used to attack opponents hiding behind cover (in which case it ignores that cover) or with which the halfling does not have line of sight (in which case regular miss chances for concealment still apply). Note that this still counts as a skip, so attacks made after a Bank Shot still suffer the usual penalty.

Arcane Breach [Arcane Apotheosis, able to cast Antimagic Field and Mage’s Disjunction without preparation]
Your superior knowledge of magical energies has granted you a power unmatched by others.
You may invoke spells prepared using Arcane Apotheosis (see the Mage class, entry #6) even from within Antimagic. This does not mean that once fully activated, they’ll function within one. However, one spell is an exception: Mage’s Disjunction. Prepared via Arcane Apotheosis, Disjunction will work even from within Antimagic (and cause it to collapse if the AoEs overlap).

Arcane Slash [able to cast 3rd level arcane spells, Arcane Strike, heavy blade (entry #4, 2nd spoiler)], Weapon Focus
As a standard action, you’re able to slice through the air, creating a 120ft line (5ft wide) of disruptive discharge that deals [1d6/SL + 1/CL + the weapon’s base damage] (no save).
The discharge is too fast to allow reaction and affects all within the AoE.

Arcane Webweaving [Mage 6, Concentration 6, Spellcraft 9, Enlarge Spell]
You have gained an understanding of the rudiments of the war weaving craft.
You can thread together unseen strands of life force to connect willing allies in a magically resonant network known as an Arcane Webweave.
With a silent act of concentration (DC 15, may take 10), you can connect a number of allies equal to your INT-mod.
Creatures must be within 30ft to have their life force woven into a Webweave, and they must be living creatures. Webweave lasts for 24 hours or until you weave a new one.
You’re always connected to your own Webweave, and you don’t count against the limit of allies that can be connected.
The advantages of Webweaving:
- One Spell for All: Once you have woven a Webweave, you can send your spells across the life-force strands to your allies. Although you cast but a single spell, you can have it affect every creature in your Webweave as if the group were a single creature.
- Selective Boon: You can exclude specific creatures connected to a Webweave from a spell if you like (e.g if one of them gets charmed or dominated, you wouldn’t want to make things easier for them to kill you).
Constraints & Limitations:
- Level Cap: The maximum level of a spell you can cast into a Webweave equals 1/3 your class level rounded down.
- Typical behavior: A Webweave doesn’t change the range of a spell (e.g. when you cast bull’s strength, you must touch each Webweaving ally you wish to affect).
- Beneficial effects: Only spells with the “harmless” designation in their saving throw entry or ones requiring willing targets can be cast into a Webweave. In addition, spells with a range of personal cannot be cast through a Webweave.
- Post-discharge distribution: If the spell requires decision-making on your part, you must make the same decision for everyone the spell is meant to affect. For instance, if you cast Protection from Elements, the same element selection applies to all recipients.
- Weabweaving allies are not spell-conduits: You can’t affect objects with spells cast into your Webweave, even if those objects are held by your allies (for instance, you can’t use Webweaving to apply touch-range enhancements to weapons held by others).

Automatic Metamagic [caster level 8, you must know at least 3 metamagic feats: with +1, +2 and +3 SL modifiers]
You can apply any one metamagic feat that you know to a spell you are about to cast. This does not alter the level of the spell or the casting time. You can use this ability once per day at 8th level and one additional time per day for every 3 CLs you possess beyond 8th. Any time you use this ability to apply a metamagic feat that increases the spell level by more than 1, you must use an additional daily usage for each level above 1 that the feat adds to the spell.
Note: A spell must be available for a regular application of a given metamagic feat before that metamagic feat can be applied for the given spell as Automatic Metamagic

Cannibalize [CON 13+, Concentration 6, Mage level 7]:
in times of need, when a spellcaster has exhausted his tolerance (see the spellcasting entry below) and cannot afford to fail his spell casting, he can feed off of his own life force to invoke a spell. Cannibalized spells deal 1 CON point of damage per strain cost of the spell being cast (see the spellcasting entry, 2nd spoiler).
Cannibalized spells are subject to spell failure and foil as normal, and function in all respects as standard spells.

Discharge Spell Siphon [able to cast at least 1 arcane force damage spell of 5th level or higher]
By first storing a siphoned spell into an item and unraveling its magic, you’re able to cause the item to detonate at your command. The siphoned spell may be detonated from immediately up to a number of rounds equal to your INT-mod. The detonated spell causes splash damage in a 10ft radius equal to Xd6 in damage, where X equals the stored spells level.

Enlarged Webweave [Mage 12, Spellcraft 15, Arcane Webweaving, Widen Spell]
You can stretch your magic across your Webweave beyond normal distances. Spells you cast through a Webweave have their range category increased:
- You can now cast spells with range “personal” as touch spells through your Webweave.
- touch spells become close range.
- close-range spells become medium range.
- medium-range spells become long range.
- Long-range spells stretch as far as your line of sight goes.
- Spells with fixed ranges other than “touch” have their range doubled.

Immediate Spell
You may cast a swift action spell as an immediate action.
This raises the spell's level by +2.

Mastery of the Elements [see below]
This feat provides the benefits specified for the Archmage's feature of the same name.
To qualify for this feat, one must know at least one evocation spell per element type (acid, cold, electric and fire) - Each of which of 4th SL or higher.

Quiescent Weaving [Mage 9, Spellcraft 12, Arcane Webweaving]
You have learned how to weave spells into your Arcane Webweave for later use.
The maximum number of spells you can store into your Weabweave equals 1/6 you CL.
Quiescent weaving enables you to prepare beneficial spells you know your allies will need in a crisis. You can release the quiescent spells right away at the beginning of a fight, as a move action, then commence with more offensive spellcasting.
To make a quiescent weave, you must designate the Webweave as the target for the spell as you cast it (regardless of what the spell’s normal target is). The spell is now woven into the Webweave in a dormant state; it doesn’t use up its duration or affect targets in any way.
When you release the spells in your quiescent weaving, they all instantly discharge together, and take effect in the order they were cast.

Seeking Spell
You may alter any ranged touch attack spell so that you take no penalty to your attack roll when firing at a target engaged in melee.
If your seeking-spell misses due to concealment or partial cover, you can reroll your miss-chance percentile roll one time to see if you actually hit.
A seeking spell count as one level higher than the spell's actual level.

Smiting Spell [Paladin PrC]
You can, as a once per encounter free action, channel your smite into any damaging spell you cast.
The resulting spell will deal an additional number of HP damage equal to your class level + CHA-mod to all who are affected by the spell.

Spell Shaping [see below]
This feat provides the benefits specified for the Archmage's feature of the same name.
To qualify for this feat, one must know at least one evocation spell per AoE type (touch, ranged touch, line, cone, spread, burst and chained/ricochet), and at least one from each 1st through 7th SLs.

Spell Tokenizer [INT 13+, able to cast Prestidigitation (5-levels straight) and 3rd level spells]
Drawing from your enhanced studies of Prestidigitation, you've learned how to effortlessly alter the color, sound, smell, and look of spells as you cast them. These changes do not alter the outcome of spells in any way, however they do make it more difficult for another Mage to identify a spell as it is being cast, which raises the DC of this task by 10 (by 5 for anyone that took this feat).

Spellfire [Arcane Strike, Spell Shaping, Mastery of the Elements]
This feat is quite similar to the Archmage's Arcane Fire feature, but deals 1d10 per SL plus 1d10 per casting stat modifier, but without taking class level into account.

Suppressible Spell
You may make any spell that is dismissible by the caster into a suppressible spell. When you would dismiss the spell, you may choose to have the spell suppressed instead.
While all effects of a suppressed spell cease as if it had been dismissed, the spell's duration continues to be counted. While suppressed, the spell is not ended by any action you or the target creature takes that would normally do so. For example, a character under the effects of a suppressed invisibility spell can attack without ending the spell.
At any time before the spell's duration fully expires, you may reinstate the spell. Doing so requires the same type of action as casting the spell in the first place, including any verbal or somatic components needed.
You must be within the spell's range from the area, object, or creature that was the original target of the spell in order to suppress or reinstate the spell effect.
If the spell affected multiple creatures or objects, you may selectively suppress or reinstate the spell's effects on each of the targets currently within range.
There is no limit to the number of times a spell may be suppressed or reinstated during the spell's duration, even if the duration has been made permanent with the permanency spell.
A seeking spell count as one level higher than the spell's actual level.

Touch Spell
You can cast a ranged spell as a more powerful touch spell.
Any spell with a Close, Medium, or Long range can instead be cast at a single target as a spell with the range of Touch and with a +2 bonus to its DC. Touch Spell does not augment SL.

Counterspelling Mechanics Adaptation: You must know (permanently memorized - see the Mage base-class spoiler) and identify the spell. The strain toll is as if casting a spell of equal level

- Improved Counterspell (PHB-I)
You don't have to know the spell, but then you block the effect that targets you directly rather than disrupt another caster's spellcasting.

- Dampen Spell (PHB-II) [Improved Counterspell]
As described in PHB-II, but subject to the counterspell rules above.

- Deflect Ray (new feat) [Able to cast 4th-level spells, Improved Counterspell]
When counterspelling magical ray attacks, you can redirect it back at the caster or at anyone else within the ray's remaining range.

- Reactive Counterspell (MoF/PGtF) [Able to cast 5th -level spells, Combat Reflexes, Dampen Spell]
Counterspell as an immediate action.

- True Counterspell (new feat) [Able to cast 7th-level spells, Deflect Ray, Reactive Counterspell]
When counterspelling any magical effect, you can redirect it back at the caster or at anyone else within the spell's full range.

Incite Rage [Cha 19+, Rage, Bardic Music: Inspire Courage, Suggestion]
You may spend one use of your Bardic Music ability to incite rage in all of your allies who're currently affected by your Inspire Courage and can hear your voice.

Leader of the Pack [Bardic Music ability, Druid]
Your unique understanding of the effect music has upon animals allows you to inspire your animal friends to greater efficiency.
When you use your Bardic Music ability to inspire courage, inspire greatness, or inspire heroics in your animal allies, it gains double the normal benefits. For example, a 1st level druid/9th level bard could use inspire courage to grant his animal companion a +4 morale bonus to attack, damage, and saving throws against charm of fear effects, or he could use inspire greatness to grant it +4d10 Hit Dice, a +4 competence bonus to attack and damage, and a +2 competence bonus on attack rolls.

Musical Marksmanship [Bard 8 (Break the Silence), Perform (String Instruments) 12, Weapons Focus: longbow or shortbow]
You may use a lute, guitar, or other string instrument as means to fire bolt-like force missiles.
The bard can, as a standard action, make a single ranged touch attack.
If the attack hits, it deals [1d8 + class-level + CHA-mod] sonic damage.
Only one such bolt can be fired in a combat round.

Music of the Gods [CHA 21+, Green Ear, Requiem, Bard Level 17]
The Legendary bard is capable of using Bardic Music to affect even creatures that would otherwise (despite the prerequisite feats) be immune to the effects of his Bardic Music.

Panpipe Charm [Bard 3rd, Perform (panpipe) 6]
Through the use of this feat, a bard can mimic the Satyr’s power over pipe music.
The bard can use his Bardic Music ability to produce charm person, scare or sleep.
If and when the bard gains 10th level and 13 ranks in Perform (panpipe), he may then also use his Bardic Music to produce Charm Monster, Fear and Deep Slumber effects when playing the panpipe.

Reactive Countersong [Countersong class feature]
You can begin a countersong at any time, even when it isn't your turn, without readying an action to do so.
You can't use Reactive Countersong at the same time you are using Bardic Music ability, though you could stop an ongoing performance to begin Reactive Countersong.

Shadow Hymn [Bard level 9th]
By expending a Bardic Music use, the bard gains Darkvision out to 30ft for a number of hours equal to his or her Charisma bonus.

Tenebrous Tune [Shadow Hymn, Perform 15 Ranks]
Benefits: By spending two Bardic Music uses, the bard may cause all creatures affected by his Fascination Bardic Music ability to make a Will save (10 + ½ Bard Level + CHA-mod) or fall asleep for a number of rounds equal to 1/2 bard's class level, rounded down. This affects those who are immune to Mind affecting abilities, although they gain a +4 bonus. Those who are mindless gain a +8 bonus. This is an Ex ability.

The Heart, The Mind, and Soul (Su) [CHA 23+, Bard Level 17]
The bard’s Bardic Music not only breaks the silence, it now directly touches the heart, mind and soul of even the deaf and the blind.



Music of the Far Realm:

Eerie Chant [Bard 6, Knowledge (the planes) 7] The bard can emit a strange chant to confound those not tied to the Far Realms. To be affected, a creature must be within 60ft and able to hear the bard perform. The effect lasts for as long as the enemy hears the bard perform and for 5 rounds thereafter. An affected creature is sickened unless it succeeds on a Will save (DC = 10 + 1/2 class-level + CHA-mod). Success renders the creature immune to this ability for 24 hours. Creatures native to the Far Realms are immune to this ability.

Destructive Cacophony [Bard 9, Knowledge (the planes) 11, Eerie Chant] The bard’s music can warp and break items of this world. The effect lasts for as long as the bard performs and for 5 rounds thereafter. All objects within 60ft that can “hear” the bard perform must make a Fort save (DC [10 + Perform ranks) or lose the benefit of their hardness. Further, every round the bard can target an object in the area of this ability with a Shatter spell effect.

Music of the Shattered Spheres [Bard 12, Knowledge (the planes) 15, Destructive Cacophony] The bard can temporarily become a direct link to the Far Realms, channeling its pure madness into music. To be affected, a creature must be able to hear the bard perform. The effect lasts for as long as the enemy hears bard perform. An effected creature must make a Will save (DC = [10 + Perform ranks) or fall to the ground gibbering (similar to Hideous Laughter). Success renders the creature immune to this ability for 24 hours. When the performance ends, all affected creatures must make another save (same DC) or be rendered insane as the spell. In addition, during the performance, all creatures lose any immunity to mind-affecting abilities they may have. Creatures native to the Far Realms are immune to this ability.

Wuxia (pronounced "woo seeyah") means "martial arts chivalry" or "martial arts heroics".
Genre-wise, it means a form of martial arts magic.
It's impossible to ignore the fact that this genre is quite popular among many RPGers.
This is an attempt to integrate the more iconic Wuxia themed abilities (weightlessness, levitation, flight and force waves via swings with a slashing weapon) into my gaming rules, based on the use of Ki power.


Dispelling Strike [Channeled Ki]
By spending 2 Ki points as a free action, you can generate a touch-based Dispel Magic effect.
Special: This power may be combined with Ki Extend.

Hydra's Toxin [Monk level 10th]
By spending 2 Ki points as a swift action, you can force an opponent that you hit to immediately make a Fort save (DC 10 + ½ HD + WIS-mod) or be afflicted with either the Burning Blood toxin (1d6 Constitution damage) or the Freezing Blood toxin (1d6 Dexterity damage).

Ki Extend (Su) [Channeled Ki class feature, Ki Reinforce]
You can make ranged unarmed attacks, dealing fire or force damage, with a range multiplier of 10ft.

Ki Flight [9HD, Ki Levitate]
By spending 2 Ki points as a free action, the Monk may fly as the spell for 1 round.

Ki Float [Ki Jump class feature]
By spending 1 Ki point as a free action, the Monk can walk or run for 5 rounds across surfaces that wouldn't otherwise allow such passage (such as water, quicksand, rough terrain, floors on the verge of collapse, spear tips, blades of grass, narrow branches, or even another living creature).
Practically anything can support the character's weight, as long as he makes a Balance check vs. DC 25.
If he fails his check or fails to end his movement on a surface normally capable of supporting his weight, then the surface is treated as being unable to support him, as normal, and lose its integrity.
If the character makes an unarmed melee attack as his last attack, then he's capable of jumping on his next turn, treating the jump as if initiated by moving up to ½ his normal speed.
Note: This movement does not protect the character in any way from hazards the surface might have. Crossing lava, for instance, would deal damage to the character as if they'd been splashed with it for every move equivalent action / distance (whichever's greater) that they spend on it, making it a very dangerous prospect.

Ki Levitate [6HD, Ki Float]
By spending 1 Ki point as a free action, the Monk may levitate for 1 round.
While Ki Float allows one to move horizontally of frail surfaces, Ki Levitate allows one to move upward vertically.

Ki Reinforce (Su) [Ki Strike class feature, Concentration 10]
As a move action that doesn't provoke AoOs, The monk can spend 1 Ki point to imbue his attacks with a special Ki that deals force damage, based on how many ranks he has invested in Concentration.
Having 10 ranks results in an addition of 1d6 points of damage. With each 6 ranks thereafter, the extra damage increases by another 1d6.

Ki Slash [Ki Extend]
By spending 3 Ki points, the Monk may, as a standard action, swing a slashing weapon (including natural attack, from 10th level and on) and convert an attack with a slashing weapon into a 60ft line / 30ft arch / 15ft ½-circle force effect that would deal the same amount of damage as his physical attack would to anyone in the AoE.
Targets in the AoE that are able to see the monk perform this attack are entitled to a Ref save vs. DC equal to the monk's attack roll to take 1/2 damage. Quivering Palm [Freezing the Lifeblood, Heal 10 ranks, WIS 21+, Monk level 15]
Quivering Palm is a death effect (DC [10 + class-level +WIS-mod]) that requires 3 Ki points and a standard action.

Knockback [Stunning Fist, Improved Bull Rush]
By spending 1 Ki point as part of an attack, a successful strike bull rushes the target, does not provoke an AoO, and you do not move from your square.

Veils of the Void [Monk level 17]
You've learned to wear empty space as a veil, contorting impossibly, being elsewhere than you appear to be, and hiding yourself behind veils that should not be able to hide your form.
You may activate Ghost Step using 3 Ki points. Doing so makes you count as ethereal vs. all opponents on the material prime and as material vs. all opponents who're ethereal, while you treat all targets as if they where material.

Wake of Destruction (Su) [STR 20+, Burst of Speed & Psychic Strike class features, Dungeon Juggernaut, Rage, Ki Slash, Powerful Built, Rage, Run, Slam Through]
This ability is the pinnacle of charging power. It combines incredible brute force and willpower, translating the attacker's charge into a destructive wave of force.
Once per encounter (and no more than 1/day per CON-mod), by investing 3 Ki points, expending his Combat Focus & Burst of Speed simultaneously and charging a distance equal to twice his augmented speed while enraged, the character can unleash a force so great that even the wake of his charge can prove lethal to those nearby.
1st, his base damage multiplier is increased by 2 steps (stacks with any other multiplier).
2nd, his charge path (and an additional 10ft length ahead of him) becomes a 20ft wide line of force, dealing a number of d10s equal to [BAB + STR-mod] (Fort save for 1/2 damage vs. DC [10 + 1/2-BAB + STR-mod]).
3rd, anyone (and everything) caught in the effect is also Bull-Rushed. Those that succumb are also rendered prone. Furthermore, those in the area of effect must make a Fort save (DC [10 + 1/2-BAB + STR-mod] or become stunned for 1 round and deafened for 2d6 minutes).
During Wake of Destruction, the character counts as being 1 size larger and gains an additional +8 circumstance bonus to his Fort & will saves and to all opposed Bull Rush, Overrun and Sunder checks.
This exertion of the character's physical & mental reserves carries a severe toll with it:
1. The character is rendered dazed until the end of his next combat turn.
2. He immediately loses his rage.
3. He may not regain his Combat Focus until he’s rested for at least 10min.
Note: Wake of Destruction cannot be issued if the character's movement is slowed for any reason.

Banishing strike [Warrior 12, WIS 15+, CHA 13+, Knowledge (religion) 5, Spellcraft 7, Dust of the Damned]
A number of times per day equal to [class-level / 6 + WIS-mod] (min 1), the warrior can make a special attack against an outsider. If the attack hits (touch attack will do), the warrior may enhance his attack with Dismissal effect (Will save vs. DC = [10 + 1/2BAB + WIS-mod]), attempting to force the creature back to its native plane (there is a 20% chance of sending the subject to a plane other than its own. If the attack misses, the attempt is wasted.

Crom’s Hammer [Warrior 4 or BAB +7, Craft (weaponsmith) 2, Knowledge (religion) 2, Pierce Magical protection, worshiper of the god of war]
You call upon the blessings of the god of war to imbue your weapon with whatever metallic property you require.
As a move action that doesn’t provoke AoOs, you make your weapon count as either adamantine, cold iron or silver for the remainder of the encounter. You may repeat the ritual to imbue your weapon with multiple effects.
Only masterwork metal weapons may be affected in this manner.

Dust of the Damned [Warrior 6 or BAB +9, Spellcraft 4, Knowledge (religion) 4, Pierce Magical Concealment, Pierce Magical protection]
You have learned an ancient battle ritual that taps into otherworldly forced and allows you to strike true against incorporeal opponents by reciting a long-forgotten war chant as you fight.
This feat was originally created in ancient times, to allow warrior heroes to do battle against Ghosts. The end result turned out to be effective against all incorporeal opponents.
As a standard action that provokes AoOs, you may recite the chant you have learned. For the next 1d6+4 rounds, your weapon is enhanced with the Ghost Touch property.
You may call upon Dust of the Damned a number of times a day equal to your WIS-mod (min 1).

Shatter Magical Protections [Pierce Magical Protections, INT 15, Spellcraft 4]
You may apply the benefits of Pierce Magical Protections as a conventional attack rather than a Standard action.

Spell Deflection [DEX 15+, BAB +9, base Ref +3, Improved Deflect, Mage Slayer + see below]
You can spend an immediate action to turn any spell effect directed at you that requires an attack roll back at the caster or anyone else within the spell effect’s range, using your own attack roll. In order to deflect a spell effect, a masterwork weapon with reflective surface or a masterwork steel shield is required. Furthermore, you must have Greater Weapon focus or Improved Shield Bash, respectively.
If the attack doesn’t miss, you must first beat your attacker with your own attack roll.

Some of these feats already appeare in official WotC publishing, but I've decided to put all heritage feats in one place, just to put things in order.

Bestow Spell-Like Ability [knows the spells Enchant Item & Permanency]
You may bestow a recipient with a SLA.
This costs the recipient a permanent CON loss equal to the [spell-level + 1] of the desired effect.

Bestow Supernatural Ability [Bestow SLA, Spellcraft15]
Same as Bestow Spell-Like Ability, but the CON loss is increased by +1.

Cackle [able to cast 4th level witchcraft spells]
A witch can cackle madly as a move action.
This extends the duration of some of the witch's active spell effects within 60ft by 1 round.
Cackle can affect all spells that cause some kind of a condition and have a duration that's measured in rounds.
Cackling increases the witch's effective CL by +4 for the purpose of resisting dispelling/removal.
Note: There’s nothing to stop a good witch from taking this feat, but most simply find it distasteful.

Compelling Voice [1st level only]
You have not only a way with words, but an almost supernaturally compelling voice.
You gain a +1 competence bonus on all Bluff, Diplomacy, and Gather Information checks, and a +2 competence bonus on all voice related Intimidate and Perform checks.

Earth Sense [Dwarf or Undermountain Dwarf, Con 15, Wis 15, Blind-Fight, Concentration 8] You gain Tremorsense out to 30ft.
As long as you are touching the ground, you notice the direction and distance of each creature within 30ft that is also touching the ground - even when they're motionless.

Extra Ki [Ki Pool, BAB +3]
When you take this feat, your daily Ki pool increases by 2.
You may take this feat a once per +3 BAB, capped by your WIS-mod. Each time adds a further 2 points to your daily Ki pool.

Innuendo [Bluff 4, Sense Motive 4, Spot 4]
This feat allows you to utilize Bluff, Sense Motive & Spot for gaining the use of Innuendo described in the PHB. It's simply a separate field of practice, so it requires a feat, but it grants other options that are not specifies in the PHB:
- With a successful DC 30 check you're able to relay detailed messages (such that require specific locations, people, times etc).
- With 20 or more ranks in Innuendo, you're so attuned to conversations with secret messages that noticing them becomes effortless. Within 30ft of a conversation containing a secret message, you're entitled to a check to intercept the transmitted message as if actively listening for it (might require a successful Listen check).

Introspective
A new skill feat. You gain +2 to both Autohypnosis and Concentration

Iron Lungs [Endurance, Swim 4 ranks]
You had extensive training holding your breath. You double the duration you can hold your breath in all situations. You also gain +2 competence bonus to all Swim checks.

Master Linguist [Mastery in 3 or more languages]
You gain 1 SkPt per level to apply exclusively for Speak Language. This grants you 1 language point per level for every Bard level you possess and 1 language point per 2 levels in any other class level you possess.
Furthermore, you need not ever again spend SkPts to become literate in a language and you recall all SkPts previously invented for literacy, except the 3 points invested in the prereq languages.

Medium [WIS 13+, CHA 13+, Knowledge (religion, the planes) - 2 ranks each]
By sitting down in a location where a deceased has dwelled for a period on 1 month or longer, the Medium may allow a deceased's spirit to possess his body for short periods of time - up to [10 + CHA-mod] rounds.
To establish this possession, a Medium needs to concentrate uninterrupted for 1 min while calling out aloud to the spirit, inviting it to come in, and make a DC 20 Concentration check.
Once the spirit is so housed, nearby individuals (one per round) may present questions to it (a single question per round). The Medium must then succeed a DC 15 Concentration check. If successful, the spirit answers to the best of its abilities. If the Medium fails his Concentration check, the link between himself and the spirit is blurred for that round.
A Medium can attempt to establish such a connection no more than once per day per class level.

Pole Vault [Balance 3, Jump 5, Tumble 2, Acrobatic]
By using a pole 1-1/2 times longer than your height and making a Jump check after 1 round of uninterrupted preparation, you may increase your jump check by +15.
You may hang on to your pole at the end of the pole vault, provided your destination is a position that can support twice your weight, taking 1d4 damage in the process - unless your destination is well cushioned.
If you fail your Jump check, you end up prone at a distance appropriate to your Jump check.
Note: This feat takes into account the fact that in medieval adventures there should be no flexible fiberglass poles to optimize pole vaults and no landing mattresses to cushion the false. And yet, pole vault wasn't invented in the 20th century, so it should provide a significant benefit to those that learn how to properly utilize its advantages.

Radiant Beauty [on character creation , CHA 15+ , Humanoid or Fey type]
Your physical attractiveness and allure gives +2 to Diplomacy and Bluff checks made against creatures with an Intelligence score above 2 which are capable of appreciating your attractiveness.

See no Evil [able to cast spells or use Su/Sp abilities]
You simply don't see how something is evil, like Necromancy ("What's so wrong about animating dead flesh? You animate fire and earth all the time")
A person with this feat may not see something as evil, and use it normally without fear of corruption and it just doesn't affect your overall personality and characteristics. You can use [evil] spells and abilities normally and without shifting alignment.
Special: This feat doesn't affect god-given powers such as divine spellcasting in which you don't have a say in whether or not you can take a spell. Neither does it affect otherwise evil acts such as killing innocents, or making a pact with a demon.

Taunt [Perform (comedy/mime/oratory) 5]
As a Standard Action, you may attempt to enrage a single melee opponent. If your opponent fails its Will save (DC = your Perform check), the enraged opponent must focus all his/her attacks on you, ignoring all others, until it makes the save (or at least must include you, when casting multiple-targets spells & effects) or you're disabled/helpless/pinned/dead for whatever reason.
The enraged opponent fights recklessly (see entry #5).
A target can only be taunted (whether successful or not) once per encounter.
By taking a -5 penalty on your Perform check, you can also provoke an opponent to attack a target it is unfriendly with. By taking a -10 penalty on your Perform check, you can provoke it to attack a target it is indifferent towards.
Note: This feat replaces Goad (CAdv; p.109).

Ventriloquism [Bluff 2, Mimicry 4]
You're so skilled with your voice that you can replicate the effect of a ventriloquism spell, though this ability is not magical. If you make a Bluff roll and the observers fails their Sense Motive check they believe the sound is coming from where you want them too. The range of this ability is 30ft radius around, and if the observers don't have line of sight to you they are at a -5 to their Sense Motive roll. You may change the sound of your voice, make different sorts of noises, and so on, so long as the noises are something that could conceivably be made vocally by you.

Walking Mediation [Monk level 6th, Autohypnosis 5, Concentration 8]
A monk who has mastered the art of meditating without moving can also enter a meditative state that allows him to speak, to observe the world around him and to move as normal. This state of enlightened awareness, at once travelling the earth and the realms of the mind and spirit, is known as the art of Walking Mediation.
Entering a state of walking meditation requires 10 minutes of preparation, a DC 30 Concentration check and a maintenance cost of 1 Ki point per hour – meaning that as long as Walking Meditation is practiced, the monk’s Ki pool maximum is decreased by -1.
- The monk adds his Wisdom modifier to his initiative checks.
- While not engaged in combat, running or other intensely straining activities the monk is considered to be fully resting, for all intents and purposes. The following conditions also negate Walking Meditation: Confused, Dazed, Disabled, Exhausted, Fascinated, Frightened, Nauseated (or any of their more severe steps).
Special: Elves gain this feat as a bonus feat at 6th Monk level, if they meet the skill requirements.

Widen Aura [Cha 20, Knowledge (religion) 15, any aura class ability]
The AoE of a specific class-feature aura is extended by 10ft.



Denial
Vulcan-Exclusive Feats

Some extraordinary combat situations may render your opponent open for a particularly potent attack during your following combat turn. The following feat-chains are just a handful of suggestions. Many others could exist, built more or less to use similar mechanics to the ones given below.
Applying a follow-up always ends the condition that has made it possible in the 1st place.

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Arcane Strike
- Spell Continuity

Spell Continuity [Arcane Strike, CL 8th]
You have learned how to maintain a steady flow of magic between yourself and a foe you've successfully targeted with Arcane Strike for 1 round.
Within the next combat round, if your target did not make any kind of teleportation and you're not threatened, you can Still-Spell target it with any spell that may target a single opponent (including touch attacks) at no extra strain cost, making an automatic successful hit. A Mage possessing this feat knows when he's been marked for Spell Continuity.

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Dazzling Display
- Foiled Defense

Dazzling Display [Weapon Specialization, Weapon Mastery]
While wielding an appropriate Weapon, you can perform a dazzling display as a full-round action.
Make an Intimidate check against all foes within 30ft who can see you. You can substitute an attack roll in place of your Intimidate check if it is higher.

Foiled Defense [Dazzling Display, BAB +11]
Opponents who are shaken by your Dazzling Display on the previous round are flatfooted against any attacks you make using the weapon you used to perform Dazzling Display.
Any such opponent you hit takes double damage plus 1 CON-point from bleeding.

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Scorpion Style
- Gorgon’s Wrathful Fist

Scorpion Style [8th level Monk]
Make a single unarmed attack as a full-round action. If the attack hits, you deal damage normally and the target’s base land speed is reduced to 5ft for 1 round, provided it's 1 size category lerger than you or less.

Gorgon’s Wrathful Fist [Scorpion Style, 12th level Monk]
As a full round action, you can make 2 extra unarmed attacks, at your highest attack bonus, against a target that you hit with your Scorpion Style in the previous round. Furthermore, your stun DC against that foe is raised by +4.

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• Scrying Location: You can choose to scry on a particular location instead of a creature. Doing so requires a DC 20 Spellcraft check, using the same modifiers for the DC that applies to the Will save (see scrying spell). If the check is successful, you can observe an area within a radius of 10ft per CL. While scrying on a location your scrying sensor cannot be moved.
• Spotting the Sensor: With detect magic or similar effects active, a scrying sensor can be spotted with a successful Spellcraft check (DC 20).
• Counterspelling the Sensor: Spellcasters who are aware of a scrying sensor can attempt to counterspell the scrying (even though they are unable to see the caster).
• Learn Scryer: If you determine that you’re being scried upon, you can learn the identity of the scryer with a Spellcraft check (DC 30). If successful, you learn the name, race, and location of the scryer. The scryer may make an opposed Spellcraft check or cancel the scrying as a reaction to prevent you from learning the information.
• Break Scrying: If you determine that you’re being scried, you can make a Spellcraft check (DC 30) to attempt to break the scrying. On a successful check, the scrying ends and the scryer may not target you with a Divination (Scrying) spell or similar effect for at least 24 hours. The scryer may make an opposed Spellcraft check as a reaction to prevent you from breaking the scrying in this way.
• Return Scrying: If you determine that you’re being scried upon, you can look back through the sensor at the scryer with a successful Spellcraft check (DC 40). This allows you to spy on the scryer as if you had cast a scrying spell upon that person. The scryer may make an opposed Spellcraft check or cancel the scrying as a reaction to prevent you from looking back through the sensor. Alternatively, you can cast scrying or use a similar effect to target the character currently scrying on you. The character scrying on you can cancel the scrying as a reaction to your spell, but if they do not they suffer a -20 penalty on their Will save to resist the attempt.

• Distance & Limits: You can only teleport a number of miles equal to [CL * spell-level * 10]. Furthermore, you can teleport only to places you've been before and you cannot D-Door somewhere unless you have line of sight. The distance limits and failure chances can be circumvented by teleporting to a place prepared ahead of time using Arcane Mark. A Mage can have no more than 1 such mark per INT-mod.
• Duration: Teleporting characters or objects disappear instantly, but the teleportation itself takes a number of rounds equal to the number of miles traveled (minimum of 1 round).
• Teleport Trace: Characters at the destination of the teleport can make a DC 20 Spot check. Success means they notice something's not right. Making a DC 25 Spellcraft reveals the incoming teleport. The same goes for outgoing teleportation. Outgoing teleport spells leave a teleport trace during the duration of the teleport. Teleport spells and similar effects can be used to automatically follow the original teleport, although you will not know where the teleport spell goes until they arrive (and you'd probably not reach the destination, given the spell ends when the target arrives and anyone that follows arrives only as far as the spell took them to that point). Scrying sensors can be sent through a teleport trace.
• Dispelling/Counterspelling Teleports: Spellcasters who are aware of the outgoing/incoming teleport can attempt to counterspell the teleport (even though they are unable to see the caster). If a teleport is counterspelled, blocked, or otherwise disrupted the character or object being teleported appears where the spell took them so far.
• Gate: This spell circumvents the distance limitation on teleportation by crossing through the astral plane. During the duration, the gate is clearly visible from both ends and events, and creatures at either end of the gate can be seen murkily through it (Spot checks suffer a -10 penalty).

You can't change into legendary or dire-version animals and size increase is limited to one category larger/smaller (unless your Wild Shape class feature specifically says otherwise). Also, creatures affected already count as being under size change, so further size-increase factors don't count.
Polymorph & Flight: Reduce speed by 10ft (min 5ft) and maneuverability by 1 step (min clumsy).

A spellcaster can only control a single summoned/dominated creature at any given time (regardless of whether concentration is required or not). Summoning/dominating a second creature "severs the ties" and makes the previous become free willed (or sent back to its home plane - depending on the usual outcome for when said spell ends).

Well, I find 3 compelling motivations for that:
1. Enchanting an item with a magical power means (to me at least) to bind the magical energies to the item, not to beat it into it with a hammer.
2. D&D 3.5e categorizes magical-crafting according to the physical shape of the item to be enchanted. This makes no sense whatsoever, given totally different items can have similar or even identical powers (and wondrous items have no predefied shape/form/usage).
3. One might decide that bestowing magical powers is done while an item is physically crafted. In such case, a spellcaster can always find a crafter and pay for his time (or take the appropriate Craft skill) – but then it would make no sense that an item could be bestowed with magical powers later on.
The binding process itself should be something that’s applicable only magically – and since:
1) I don’t know of any other case where both a specific spell and a specific feat are a requirement for anything
2) the level-“tax” of known spells is already a high enough payment
I see no justification in also requiring the expenditure of feats.
This notion also leads me to the conclusion that magical effects should never depend upon mechanically moving parts for activation (what’s the verdict when the button’s spring breaks – is the magic still in there or not?). Every mechanized magical item (e.g. Rod of Immovability) can easily have a non-mechanized version and no one should even feel the difference (e.g. tapping with a finger rather than pressing a button).

Sword +1 of Flaming (assuming Flaming amounts to a 1st level spell)
- Emanating 1st level effect (+6000)
- CL 1st (+300)
- Emanating 1st level effect (+6000)
- CL 1st (+300)
- No spell completion required to use (+600)
This amounts to: 13200gp

Non-rechargeable Wand of Fireball with 20 charges for 7d6:
- Temporary 3rd level effect (+3000)
- CL 7th (+1050)
- Non-rechargeable (-750)
- 20 charges (+6000)
This amounts to: 9300gp

Ring of invisibility 3 per hour that activates by rubbing the ring and operates at minimum CL:
- Permanent 2nd level power (+10000)
- CL 5th (+2500)
- Hourly use (-1000)
- 3 “charges” (+3000)
- Can be turned on/off with no spell completion and no voice requirement (+2000)
This amounts to: 16500gp

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Your STR-score determines the "size" of weapons you can wield without penalties (if you wield a weapon your STR-score is not high enough to wield properly, you suffer a -2 penalty to hit and initiative – cumulative for each step of STR deficiency).
- Tiny weapons require STR=4.
- Light weapons require STR=7.
- One-handed weapons and medium 2H weapons require STR=11.
- Large weapons require STR=15.
- Huge weapons require STR=19.

These numbers are modified by +/- 4 for each size category the character is larger/smaller than medium.
With STR-score 23+, for all intents & purposes, you wield a 1H/2H weapon (see the "Abbreviations" spoiler below) in 1 hand as if it were a medium weapon and medium/light weapons as if they were light/tiny (respectively).

Axes: hand axe (S, Sl), Throwing Axe (S, Sl), Battleaxe (M, Cho), Steel War Axe (1H/2H, Cho), Great-Axe (L, Cho)
Claw Weapons: Punching Dagger (T, Pi/Sl), Spiked Gauntlet (T, Pi), Bladed Gauntlet (M, Pi/Sl)
Flails & Chains: Light Flail (M, Bl), Heavy Flail (L, Bl), Hydraflail (L, Bl, Ex) Nunchaku (S, Bl, Ex)
Heavy Blades: Longsword (M, Sl or Pi), Greatsword (L, Cho), Falchion (L, Cho, Ex), Scimitar (M, Sl/Pi), Bastardsword(1H/2H, Cho/Pi)
Light Blades: Dagger (T, Pi or Sl), Parrying Dagger (T, Pi/Sl), Rapier (S, Pi), Shortsword (S, Pi/Sl), Sickle(S, Sl/Pi), Sword Stick (S, Pi/Sl), Kukri (S, Sl/Pi), Wakizashi (S, Pi or Sl), War Fan (S, Sl or Bl/Pi, Ex)
Maces & Clubs: Club (S, Bl), Great Club (L, Bl), Light Mace (S, Bl), Heavy Mace (M, Bl), Sap (S, Bl), Tonfa (S, Bl, Ex)
Picks & Hammers: Light Pick (S, Pi), Heavy Pick (M, Pry), Light Hammer (S, Bl), War Hammer (M, Bl), Maul (1H/2H, Bl), Dire Maul (H, Bl, Ex)
Polearms: Glaive (L, Re), Gisarme (L, Sl), Ranseur (L, Pi/Sl), Lance (L, Pi, Ex)
Spears: Javelin (S, Pi), Spear (1H/2H, Pi/Sl), Trident (S, Pi), Harpoon (S, Sl)
String Based: Garrote (L, Bl + special), Net (M, --), Scourge (M, Bl), Whip (L, Bl), Stingray Whip (L, Pi or Sl, Ex)
Staffs: Quarterstaff (M, Bl), Battlestaff (L, Bl)

Axes + Heavy Blades: Khopesh (1H/2H, Cho, Ex)
Axes + Heavy Blades + Staffs: Night Cleaver (H, Cho/Re, Ex)
Axes + Maces & Clubs: Crusher-Axe (L, Cho and Bl, Ex)
Axes + Spears + Staffs: Halberd (L, (Cho or Pi) and Bl), Urgrosh (M, Cho and Pi/Sl)
Flails & Chains + Light Blades + String Based: Kusarigama (M, Re or Bl, Ex)
Flails & Chains + Maces & Clubs + Staffs: Three Section Staff (M, Bl, Ex)
Flails & Chains + String Based: Battle Chain (M, Bl)
Flails & Chains + Staffs: Flailed Staff (M, Bl)
Heavy Blades + Light Blades: Hooked Sword (M, Pi/Sl, Ex), Katana (1H/2H, Sl or Pi, Ex)
Heavy Blades + Maces & Clubs: Pounding Staff (L, Bl)
Heavy Blades + Picks & Hammers: Scythe (L, Re)
Heavy Blades + Staffs: Double Scimitar (M, Sl/Pi), 2-Bladed-Sword (L, Pi or Sl)
Light Blades + Maces & Clubs: Sai (S, Bl, Ex), Siangham (S, Bl/Pi)
Light Blades + Picks & Hammers: Kama (S, Re, Ex)
Light Blades + String Based: Silken Pike (S, Bl or Sl, ExEx)
Maces & Clubs + Picks & Hammers: Morningstar (M, Pry, Ex), Great Morningstar (H, Pry, Ex)

Bows: Shortbow, Longbow, Composite Shortbow, Composite Longbow
Crossbows: Hand Crossbow, Light Crossbow, Heavy Crossbow, Repeating Light Crossbow, Repeating Heavy Crossbow
Rock, Sling & Bola: Rock, Sling, Bola
Tiny Projectiles: Shuriken, Throwing Iron
Thrown Blades: Boomerang, Chakram
Blowgun: Hand Blowgun / Long Blowgun:

Axes + Buckler: Buckler Axe (L, Cho, Ex)
Light Blades + Buckler: Tortiose Blade (L, Pi, Ex)

Double Axe: Totally unwieldy, a problem to carry around and dangerous to the user.
Dire Flail: ditto.
Spiked Chain: ditto.
Gnome Hooked-Hammer: ditto

Axes: Don't have enhanced crit (unless specifically noted otherwise), but they do have more options than core.
Bows: In terms of speed and iterative attacks, a long bow is treated as a large weapon (as huge when used from a horse bach). A short bow is treated as a medium weapon (as large when used from a horse bach).
Dagger: Crit: 19-20 / x3.
Falchion: Does 1d12 damage.
Halberd: The halberd is a double weapon!
Kama: Crit 20/x3.
Morningstar: Crit.: 19-20 / x3. This weapon was greatly feared for a reason. It was affectively a one strike-one kill weapon.
Nunchaku: Those proficient with this weapon and have Ambidexterity gain an extra attack, as if wielding 2 small weapons interchangeably. This has nothing to do with 2WF or off hand attack, but rather exchanging holds on a symmetrical weapon. The Nunchaku is usually made of steel and deals d6 damage. Its wooden version does d4 non lethal damage, but counts as a tiny weapon, thus using the best BAB progression.
Quarterstaff: The quarterstaff automatically grants its wielder +2 AC bonus against melee and thrown weapons, and an additional +1 when fighting defensively and +2 for total defense. Quarterstaff wielders are unaffected by counter-tripping. An improvised wooden stick does d4 damage, but a highly fashioned combat staff is fitted with steel tips that enhance the damage to d6.
Rapier: This weapon adds + to all opposed Feint checks - both to attempt and to resist.
Shuriken: 1d3 slashing or piercing damage (there are 2 general types), 15’ range multiplier. Unlike other types of ammunition, shuriken may be retained 5 times after usage and continuously on a miss.
Sling: This weapon does d6 (19-20/x3).
Spear: Does d8 damage. When held 2H, it's similar to the quarterstaff in functionality, except the primary side does d8 damage. It doesn't confer the basic +2 AC against melee and thrown weapons, but it does grant the extra AC bonus for fighting on the defensive, or for total defense. The Longspear is actually a Pike. The given pole weapons have made it obsolete.
Trident: Skewers on a critical hit. Removing a skewered trident causes d6 damage and requires a full round's action. If one continues to fight with the trident in place, he takes d3 points per round and suffers -2 hit, -1 initiative penalties and -3 to all perception based skills.

Battle Chain: This 2H weapon allows attacking both opponents up to 10ft away and against adjacent opponents without provoking AoOs. It does 1d4 damage (20/x2) and can trip, entangle ("critical" trip), disarm, sunder and strangle (instead of a critical hit; Ref DC = [10 + BAB/2 + STR-mod]).
Battlestaff: This double weapon is a massive steel-reinforced version of the quarterstaff with studded steel tips that does d8 (20/x2) damage and lacks the quarterstaff's defensive advantage.
Bladed Gauntlet: This gauntlet has 3 blades protruding forward from its back, each about the length of a dagger beyond the knuckles. It does d6 (20/x2) damage and cannot be disarmed.
Blowgun (hand): 20ft range increment. Deals 1 point of damage + poison effect.
Blowgun (large): 60ft range increment. Deals 1d3 points of damage + poison effect.
Boomerang: This weapon does d4 (20/x2) damage when it hits. If it misses, it returns to the wielder.
Buckler Axe: This special weapon may be wielded both as a buckler and an axe (1d6, 20/x2). Buckler Axe may function as a 2nd shield.
Cestus: Adds d3 bludgeoning damage to unarmed strike, at the expense of a -2 penalty to all climb checks.
Chakram: This circular blade does d6 (19-20/x2) damage and has a range increment of 20ft.
Crusher-Axe: This weapon is an elongated large axe (d10, 20/x3) with a studded steel ball (d8, 20/x2) at the back side.
Dire Maul: Does 2d6 (20/x3). Any hit from this devastating weapon counts as Bull Rush.
Double Scimitar: Similar in functionality to the 2-Bladed-Sword, this weapon is deals 1d6 damage.
Flailed Staff: This weapon looks like 2 staffs connected together, one of normal length and the other just 1/3rd length. The primary side does d8 damage, but allows counter-tripping. In all other aspects, this weapon functions like a regular quarterstaff.
Garrote: A garrote is a 2H weapon – basically a sturdy 2ft cord attached to a wooden grip on each end – that's useable by making a successful grapple attempt. If the target is aware of your presence, you take a -5 hit penalty to your attempt to start a grapple at all and -10 to make it count as given below. A garrote does [1d4 + STR-mod] bludgeoning damage (including damage modifiers such as crit... and SA) and [1d6 suffocation damage] each round. It prevents verbal communication or speech of any kind and renders the target slowed. As long as the garrote is in place, the wielder gains a +5 circumstance bonus to its opposed grapple checks against the held target, while the target takes -4 to all rolls and checks. If you wish to keep things quiet, you need to make an opposed Stealth check with a -10 penalty, to grapple your target in a way that doesn't make noise. A garrote is ineffective against an opponent in plate mail or heavier armor.
Great Morningstar: 2d6 (19-20/x3), metal hafted.
Flailed Staff: This weapon looks like 2 staffs connected together, one of normal length and the other just 1/3rd length. The primary side does d8 damage, but allows counter-tripping. In all other aspects, this weapon functions like a regular quarterstaff.
Hooked Sword: 1d6 (20/x2). This weapon provides a plethora of offensive and defensive options for the wielder to utilize.
As the name implies, this weapon is a flail with multiple heads. The weight from the extra heads and chains makes it a difficult weapon to wield, but in trained hands this is a dangerous and intimidating weapon, dealing 1d10 (19-20/ x2).
Katana: The highest quality blade known. A standard Katana (price: 5000gp, hardness: 15, HP: 20) does 1d10+1 (18-20/x3) damage. It may be used either 1H or 2H (equivalent to Bastardsword) and counts as masterwork weapon. One usually cannot simply buy Katana, since they're custom made for high military positions or nobility in certain cultures and take 6 months to make by 3 different master craftsmen. Masterwork Katana (price: not set, hardness: 25, HP: 30) double the usual effects of masterwork weapons, are 100% stainless, and although not made of adamantine, they penetrate hardness just as effectively. They require 5 years of preparations and are made only for the use of a state's highest military position. Although the Katana counts as exotic weapon, it's incredibly balanced. Someone with background in Heavy Blades that didn't take the required exotic weapon training uses it as if it were a Bastardsword.
Khopesh: This sword seems like a bizarre hybrid between a sword and an axe. It does d8 (19-20/x2) damage.
Kusarigama: The next step in the evolution of the Battle Chain, this weapon is a Battle Chain with a Kama attached to one side instead of a weight.
Maul: Does d10 (20/x2).
[b]Night Cleaver: This weapon is a massive and elongated axe-like blade, connected to a short and heavy pole with 4 docking points. It does 2d6 (19-20/x3) damage. For sundering attempts during combat it has hardness 15 and 20 HP.
Parrying Dagger: This triple-bladed version trades some damage potential for defense and maneuverability. It does d4 (20/x2) piercing damage.
Pounding Staff: This weapon (introduced in “crouching tiger, hidden dragon”) is a 4’ “cubistic” fashioned steel staff with a sword-like 2-handed handle. It’s serrated throughout the entire length and does 2d6 (20/x2) damage, and adds +4 to all sundering attempts. Its mass makes it useful for tripping.
Scourge: This shorter and more battle-appropriate version of the whip does d6 (20/x2) damage.
Silken Pike: Only a handful of individuals master the usage or the means of preparation of this weapon. The silken pike is actually a 10ft scarf, woven out of extremely fine steel threads intertwined with silk, which has undergone special treatment with oils and minerals to withstand fire to some extent. When used correctly, it does d6 (20/x2) bludgeoning (forward jab – hence the name) or slashing damage. It can trip, disarm, entangle, strike up to 10ft away and sunder. In terms of speed, it counts as a small weapon and it can be used 1H or 2H. Without the proper training, this weapon is no more than a piece of garment.
Steel War-Axe: (1H/2H): The classic symmetrical metal hafted axe. It does d10 (20/x3) damage. Unlike other axes, its handle is too short for tripping. However, because of its relatively short haft, it can be used in confined spaces.
Stingray Whip: This weapon is described in the 3.0e supplement book "Arms And Equipment Guide".
Sword Stick: This is a long, slender, rapier-like blade concealed within what appears to be a walking stick or cane. It takes a standard action to draw the blade from its stick-hilt and ready it for use. This weapon doesn’t have the rapier’s enhanced crit threat. Those who wish to take a weapon somewhere where weapons are not allowed, mainly use this weapon.
Three-section-staff: This double weapon has the same stats as quarterstaff. To disarm a 3-sec-staff, one actually needs two successful consecutive disarm attempts against a 1-handed weapon. For all 2WF applications, 3-section-staff counts as 2 separate ideal-paired weapons. You may also swing it as a 2-handed weapon for d8 damage, usually saved to gain reach attacks, but then you may be disarmed normally.
Throwing Iron: This piercing weapon uses the same stats as shuriken. It's useless for cutting soft materials, but it reduces the defense of any chain or scale based armor by -2, by penetrating in between the metal parts.
Tonfa: Think of a policeman’s nightstick. This weapon does d4 (20/x2) damage. A single tonfa matches the quarterstaff’s defense. When used in pairs, the AC bonuses stack on all applications. This weapon is slow on the offensive side. In order to enjoy the defensive advantage of this weapon, you must attack with it as if it were a large weapon (in terms of weapon speed).
Tortoise Blade: This special weapon may be wielded both as a buckler and an axe (1d6, 19-20/x2). Tortoise Blade may function as a 2nd shield.
Wakizashi: This weapon is the Katana's smaller counterpart. A standard Wakizashi (price: 3000gp, hardness: 15, HP: 15) does 1d6+1 (18-20/x3) damage. Just like the Katana, the Wakizashi is incredibly balanced. Someone with background in Light Blades that didn't take the required exotic weapon training uses it as if it were a Shortsword.
War Fan: When held open, this weapon does d6 slashing damage and grants +2 bonuses to disarm and to AC. It can be used for bludgeoning or piercing damage when closed, but then it loses the bonuses to disarm and AC. Switching operatus modes can be done once in a combat round cycle as a swift action (the second time requires a move action).

• Unless noted otherwise, all melee weapons have a range increment of 5ft.
• All weapons related to Staffs (except Night Cleaver) can utilize reach attacks. Medium weapons allow switching uses once/round between double-weapon and reach-weapon as a swift action and large weapons require a move action to do so. Reach attacks made by non-reach weapons prohibit perpendicular/diagonal maneuvers (e.g. AC bonus, trip, disarm, slash …)
• Except for combat in confined places, all reach weapons allow attacks against adjacent opponents.
• All x4 crit multipliers are reduced to x3.
• PA with 2H bludgeoning/chopping weapons also count as a 5ft Bull Rush.

- Dropping prone is an immediate/swift (not free) action.
- A swift action is something you integrate into your actions, whereas an immediate action is something you do as a response to someone else's actions (a reaction). The two don't usually come at the expense of one another.
- A standard action can be bloken down into 2 move actions or forfeited for gaining a 2nd swift action.
- A move action can be substituted for a 5ft-step, trading distance for avoiding AoOs.
- Total Defense does not prohibit immediate actions (including AoOs - see below).
- Withdraw, given the above, is no longer an action by itself, but rather a combination of other actions.
- An AoO is an immediate action, not an additional (and untimed) action or set of actions.

- Making all your melee or range attacks against a single target from where you stand takes a standard action.
- Also, as a full round action, you can make use of all your attacks while moving up to your speed, targeting anyone within reach you see fit to attack. Your movement provokes AoOs as normal.
- Upon Gaining 3 attacks per round, you can spend a standard action to make a single attack while moving up to your speed. You may also make a single attack from where you stand as a move-action.
- TWF and extra attacks granted by the Monk's FoB are both applicable in any attack sequence that takes a standard action or longer - moving or not.

Aim (Full-Round Action)
By taking a full round action to line up and execute an attack, you get [+1 bonus to hit and your weapon's base damage] per extra attack (beyond the first) that your BAB and weapon speed entitle you. This extra damage is a damage multiplication that is not further multiplied on crit.
Generally, you can aim only ranged weapon attacks against targets within the weapon's range multiplier.
You cannot aim ranged powers.
You can aim melee attacks only when targeting an immobile object, which you hit automatically.
While aiming, you are flat-footed.
If you are struck or distracted in any way before your attack, you must make a Concentration Check vs. DC 15+damage or lose your attack.

Command (Move Action)
Issuing a command to a minion or a character under the influence of Dominate requires a move action. If you want to issue different commands to different groups of minions, each one requires a move action.

Cling (Standard Action)
You can only cling onto a target that is 2 sizes or more larger than you. If you make a successful attack roll or Climb check, you are considered to be clinging. On its action, the target may attempt to attack you, or shake you off with an attack roll or Escape Artist check of its own. If the target has facing (mechanically speaking) and is flatfooted when you make a successful Cling, it takes -4 to any and all rolls against you (offensive and defensive alike).
Clinging: The target is not considered flat-footed against you or others. You can attack it with one handed weapons, but all attacks or power checks take a -4 penalty. You are in its space and move with it.
Special: If you use the Ride skill, you can attempt the Cling action against a target one size larger than you.

Foil Action
One can ready an action to foil someone else's action (single).
Foil Action allows a movement of up to 1/2 one's speed and making an attack against a creature.
Foil Action allows disruption of any of the following actions:
- Attack sequence against someone else (foils only a single attack when the attacker makes a full round action attack)
- Casting of a spell
- Activating a device (magical or otherwise)
- Consuming edible/drinkable substance
- Using any of the following skills: Balance, Climb, Disable Device, Escape Artist, Handle Animal, Perform, Ride, Swim and Use Rope.
You make an attack roll. If the attack hits, the creature's action fails (movement is halted, spells fizzle, attack is cancelled, etc). The movement provokes AoOs as normal, but the attack doesn't.
From a stand-still, Foil Action is an attack action with allowed iteration equivalency of wielding large weapons (see entry #4).



Pounce
Creatures & characters that have pouncing capabilities gain +2 to following attacks for every attack that hits while pouncing.
Note: While 2W-pounce is fine, one cannot attack more than once with an extremity while pouncing.

I could never understand why anyone would want to take medium armor in 3e.
Their bonuses always seem to be outclassed when compared to their penalties - both vs. light and heavy armors.

The following stats, to me, seem to restore the balance between the different categories:


The improvement seems to be more or less linear to fit one's AGI-mod. Non Full-Plate heavy armor is viable now (especially on a budget), and the medium armor types have received a buff as well, while light armors stay more or less the same.

• It took me forever to nail this one right. I finally figured that to keep concurrent with the other classes and my view of things, I'd have to make the Bladesinger a Bard variant (even though I didn't like the heavy 1st-level prereqs), since:
- The Bladesinger is supposed to combine sword & spells effectively from the get go, so it was inappropriate as a PrC.
- It must be a hybrid class, since it delves into many aspects: sword, spells, skills & song.
- Its signature features are combat-singing & combat-grace – both extremely Bard-ish.
- OTOH, there's nothing to hint of a Bladesinger being able to use the omitted features, and most of them are still available as spells, if one really finds them hard to give up.

• Basically, Bladesinger IS the base-class gish of this system.

• Now, is it worth it? Well, it's all a matter of personal preference. If you have no problem with being an Elf and are ok with the restrictive build and are patient enough:
- You save all those precious Concentration SkPts.
- At 6th level you gain significant defensive bonuses that help you linger on in direct confrontation.
- At 12th level you can wield magic free of quite a bit of worries. Sure, you're no Mage, but both factors offset one another quite nicely.
- At 18th level you absolutely rock against opponents susceptible to mind effects (note that some are quite immune at these levels).