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<blockquote data-quote="azhrei_fje" data-source="post: 4605144" data-attributes="member: 12966">I'm building a spellcaster that I'm thinking of giving Improved Feint.&nbsp; The feat requires Combat Expertise, but says that you can feint as a move action and for your next melee attack the opponent does not receive their Dex bonus to AC.The description of the Feint maneuver in the SRD says, &quot;the next melee attack you make against the target&quot;.&nbsp; For the following questions, assume that the feint attempt is successful, i.e. the attacker's opposed roll wins.Given that my spellcaster can cast spells that require a melee touch attack, does that qualify as a melee attack?&nbsp; I think it does (as they threaten the area around them while holding a charge, they don't provoke an AoO, and so on).If the answer is yes, can the spellcaster also use spectral hand to deliver the melee touch attack and receive the &quot;no Dex bonus to AC&quot; benefit from the feint?&nbsp; This is important because the spellcaster I'm building has a few levels of sneak attack damage available.Thanks!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="azhrei_fje, post: 4605144, member: 12966"] I'm building a spellcaster that I'm thinking of giving Improved Feint. The feat requires Combat Expertise, but says that you can feint as a move action and for your next melee attack the opponent does not receive their Dex bonus to AC. The description of the Feint maneuver in the SRD says, "the next melee attack you make against the target". For the following questions, assume that the feint attempt is successful, i.e. the attacker's opposed roll wins. Given that my spellcaster can cast spells that require a melee touch attack, does that qualify as a melee attack? I think it does (as they threaten the area around them while holding a charge, they don't provoke an AoO, and so on). If the answer is yes, can the spellcaster also use [i]spectral hand[/i] to deliver the melee touch attack and receive the "no Dex bonus to AC" benefit from the feint? This is important because the spellcaster I'm building has a few levels of sneak attack damage available. Thanks! [/QUOTE]

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