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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ferrix" data-source="post: 2265774" data-attributes="member: 6115">Looking at the other feats which allow you to trade out Sneak Attack dice for effects we see the following:Arterial Strike: Forgo 1 die to deal a bleeding wound, 1 dmg/rnd until healed, not stackable.Hamstring: Trade 2 dice to halve the land speed of your opponent until healed.To deal 1d4 Con damage, I'd say it would have to require trading out at least 3 dice.Additionally, despite the preoccupation with supposedly unarmed strikes only being able to break bones, I would not limit it to unarmed strikes.It'd look more like this to me:Shattering StrikeYour sneak attacks target vital bone or supporting structures, shattering them and causing massive internal damage.Prerequisites: +3d6 Sneak Attack, base attack bonus +4Benefit:  If you hit with a sneak attack, you may choose to forgo +3d6 of sneak attack damage to deliver a shattering strike.  The target takes 2 Constitution damage.  You may deliver only one shattering strike per successful sneak attack.Notes: Because it is a sneak attack, your target must be susceptible to sneak attack damage, thus undead, constructs, and other creatures immune to critical hits and sneak attacks are not affected by a shattering strike.+3d6 sneak attack because you need to be able to sacrifice that many to be able to use it.  Base attack bonus +4 because all of the other feats which allow you to trade out have that pre-req, and this being probably the strongest, should have the same pre-req.  It deals 2 Constitution damage for two reasons, one so that it is always useful (rolling a 1 when your opponent has a 13 Con will be relatively disappointing), and two because it isn't a variable number (if you got lucky with your version, in a round with say two or three successful sneak attacks, rolling high, you could drop someone of 8 to 12 con).That's my opinion on the whole thing.</blockquote>

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