Expertise + Power Attack

[doktorstick]

If I was a Ftr6 with a +6/+1, I could use Expertise to gain a +5 AC, but attack with a +1/-4 as a full attack action. Could I use Expertise (+5) and Power Attack (+6) for an +5 AC and a -5/-10 attack roll as a full attack action.

/ds

 

[Crothian]

If I was a Ftr6 with a +6/+1, I could use Expertise to gain a +5 AC, but attack with a +1/-4 as a full attack action. Could I use Expertise (+5) and Power Attack (+6) for an +5 AC and a -5/-10 attack roll as a full attack action.

/ds

AFAIK, yes.

 

[doktorstick]

I guess then your BAB isn't a pool that all feats pull from when assigning bonuses. One might argue (my friend, in fact) that it is a pool, and you can't assign more bonuses per round (total from all feats) than BAB you have. He swears he's read it somewhere, but I skimmed through the PHB just now and didn't see it.

Cheers,
/ds

 

[Crothian]

It says you cannot take a number higher then your BAB. Newither of these feats, actually lowers your BAB. So, it seems this is how it is.

 

[Dr. Zoom]

Yes, you can. This is especially nice when you want to CDG a helpless foe. It is not so effective in most situations, though.

 

[Dr. Zoom]

If it actually lowered your BAB, you would lose iterative attacks.

 

[doktorstick]

Yeah, I was trying to be careful in not suggesting you lowered your BAB. I failed.

 

[Dr. Zoom]

No you didn't. I understood the BAB pool suggestion by your friend, too. It is not correct. You may use both feats at the same time. However, if you subtract too much from your attack bonuses, you will not benefit from power attack because you will not hit much of anything smaller than a barn.

 

[doktorstick]

Extremely useful for fighting creatures that require a 20 to hit. (They do occur... ) Just load up to the maximum minus to hit and swing away. A 5% chance is a 5% chance regardless of how negative you go.

 

[Crothian]

Extremely useful for fighting creatures that require a 20 to hit. (They do occur... ) Just load up to the maximum minus to hit and swing away. A 5% chance is a 5% chance regardless of how negative you go.

That is one of the perfect situations for doing that.