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<blockquote data-quote="Vrecknidj" data-source="post: 1661663" data-attributes="member: 7301">I haven't done what you've asked about, but if I did, here are some things I'd pay careful attention to.1) Power Attack is extremely powerful in the hands of someone with a high BAB and a high Str.&nbsp; So, I'd probably limit it to +5 and I'd probably change the name of the existing feat to Improved Power Attack and have it work as Power Attack currently does.2) I might go through all the feats and put them into two categories.&nbsp; In one category would be &quot;two-for-one&quot; feats, the rest wouldn't.&nbsp; In the &quot;two-for-one&quot; feats category would be all the feats that are weak enough that, in my opinion, taking two is not imbalancing compared to any one of the feats in the other category.&nbsp; If I did this, I wouldn't use your idea as it is, but I'd probably be handing out a lot more feats that start feat chains.3) There are problems with what this does for monsters.&nbsp; Really strong, really dumb monsters might always use power attack, for example.&nbsp; So making it free might be troublesome.&nbsp; In that case, I might have other requirements as well.4) I don't really see the two-weapon fighting option working.&nbsp; I find that many arcane spellcasters benefit from a high Dex, but I don't see them wielding two daggers, or both ends of a quarterstaff, with the kind of proficiency that I imagine of a ranger or a very capable rogue or fighter.5) Mobility is more about not getting hit when moving through dangerous territory than it is about taking attacks in the middle of a move, so I'm not sure that giving Spring Attack away as a freebie is a good idea.&nbsp; I think that taking Spring Attack definitely represents a certain kind of training.6) On the other hand, (from 5 above), it's possible to pull this off with skills.&nbsp; Maybe making an attack during a move is more like combative tumbling and so with enough ranks in Tumble, and a good enough check, it's possible for any sufficiently skilled tumbler with a high enough BAB to pull this off.Dave</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vrecknidj, post: 1661663, member: 7301"] I haven't done what you've asked about, but if I did, here are some things I'd pay careful attention to. 1) Power Attack is extremely powerful in the hands of someone with a high BAB and a high Str. So, I'd probably limit it to +5 and I'd probably change the name of the existing feat to Improved Power Attack and have it work as Power Attack currently does. 2) I might go through all the feats and put them into two categories. In one category would be "two-for-one" feats, the rest wouldn't. In the "two-for-one" feats category would be all the feats that are weak enough that, in my opinion, taking two is not imbalancing compared to any one of the feats in the other category. If I did this, I wouldn't use your idea as it is, but I'd probably be handing out a lot more feats that start feat chains. 3) There are problems with what this does for monsters. Really strong, really dumb monsters might always use power attack, for example. So making it free might be troublesome. In that case, I might have other requirements as well. 4) I don't really see the two-weapon fighting option working. I find that many arcane spellcasters benefit from a high Dex, but I don't see them wielding two daggers, or both ends of a quarterstaff, with the kind of proficiency that I imagine of a ranger or a very capable rogue or fighter. 5) Mobility is more about not getting hit when moving through dangerous territory than it is about taking attacks in the middle of a move, so I'm not sure that giving Spring Attack away as a freebie is a good idea. I think that taking Spring Attack definitely represents a certain kind of training. 6) On the other hand, (from 5 above), it's possible to pull this off with skills. Maybe making an attack during a move is more like combative tumbling and so with enough ranks in Tumble, and a good enough check, it's possible for any sufficiently skilled tumbler with a high enough BAB to pull this off. Dave [/QUOTE]

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