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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 2289946" data-attributes="member: 10177">We all know that WOTC are not the grammar masters of the universe, so if they were writing it to correctly mean both bonus and extra attacks they would have used "and" instead of "or". "Or" implies contrasts, not similarities. So grammatically it means "any bonus or any extra attacks", not any kind of bonus/extra attack. So if they meant it to mean only bonus/extra attacks they need it to say so. As written it does not.In all likelyhood they do mean for it to mean only the extra attacks. But allowing all bonuses to hit and damage from other feats does greatly increase the likelyhood and amount of extra damage a PC/NPC is going to dole out. Especially if you have a reach of ten and you have 24 targets massed up around you for you to hit with your highest attack bonus. Just weapon specialization would had 48 HP to the total damage dealed out if every target were hit. If you can add 5 points of power attack you are adding 120 points of damage being dealt out to the 24 targets. 168 if both PA and Specializaton add on.So allowing feat bonuses does greatly increase the power/balance of this feat. So realizing this they may have actually meant "any bonus or extra attack" given by feats. Because they saw how much more powerful this feat becomes when bonuses to attack and damage for feats are allowed to be added in.So I will stand by the correct grammatical interpretation of "or" and keep this feat from becoming over powered.BTW, I read the updated FAQ's and errata, so there is no clarification, unless it is worded differently in the SRD, which I have not checked. I have asked another player to e-mail Andy Collins for what the game designers meant for this feat.I do think allowing "any bonus" to be added, especially when reach is involved, boosts the power of this feat greatly, too greatly. But that is my perspective of game balance. Since I am the DM of Darthjaye, that is all that really matters. But I also want to know exactly what WOTC means. Just in case.</blockquote>

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