Coup de Grace and Power Attack

[DM with a vengence]

I know that this has been flamewared across the forums and back, but can you Power Attack on a Coup de Grace?

 

[Hypersmurf]

I know that this has been flamewared across the forums and back, but can you Power Attack on a Coup de Grace?

Certainly. But remember, you take a penalty on the attack roll for your automatic hit-and-crit

-Hyp.

 

[Oni]

Certainly. But remember, you take a penalty on the attack roll for your automatic hit-and-crit

-Hyp.

What he said.

 

[Storminator]

Unrelated question, if you take Death Blow (CDG as standard action), does that mean you can ready a CDG?

PS

 

[Hypersmurf]

Unrelated question, if you take Death Blow (CDG as standard action), does that mean you can ready a CDG?

Can you think of any reason why not?

-Hyp.

 

[S'mon]

Can you think of any reason why not?

-Hyp.

Yeah, obviously - CDG is a single precise blow that takes an entire round to execute - eg slitting a sleeper's throat. Power Attack is an imprecise smashing blow with a to-hit penalty.

Edit: re Power Attack not Death Blow.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Yeah, obviously - CDG is a single precise blow that takes an entire round to execute - eg slitting a sleeper's throat. Power Attack is an imprecise smashing blow with a to-hit penalty.

What's that got to do with "Can I Ready a Standard Action"?

-Hyp.

 

[Darklone]

Yeah, obviously - CDG is a single precise blow that takes an entire round to execute - eg slitting a sleeper's throat. Power Attack is an imprecise smashing blow with a to-hit penalty.

Edit: re Power Attack not Death Blow.

Power Attack may as well be a carefully aimed blow with a weapon that is difficult to wield to achieve better results.

So far for the interpretation. By the rules, there's no reason not to allow it for CDG. Even if you see it as a wild smashing blow... do you think you would miss the head of a guy who's unconscious with a big big hammer?

 

[Li Shenron]

There is no reason why you shouldn't be able to ready CdG once you have allowed the Death Blow feat. An example could be someone pointing the dagger to a helpless enemy's throat and threatening his comrades "dare to come closer and I kill him...", which of course could be done with a normal attack if you didn't have DB.

They are instead kidding about using Power Attack with a CdG.

 

[Darklone]

A related question. Do you guys still roll for the CDG? I do... in case the BBEG rolls a natural 1.