Feat for Legionaires

[boothbey]

Someone in General Discussion board mentioned creation of a feat to allow the legionaire to deny the use of large weapons in close combat. I really like this idea.

Was thinking a feat that allowed a shield to essentially do a limited grapple. Legionaire moves in close makes an attack with shield arm to pin opponents weapon arm. Then in comes the gladius. Not sure how to work this out for balance.

The legionaire would, I assume, have to move into the his opponents space. The oppnent would then have to move out of that space to free his weapon for an attack.

Any ideas on how to work this, taking into account attacks of opportunities and movement actions for disentangling yourself from the legionaire?

 

[Mr Fidgit]

boothbey, do you have sword and fist? there are two feats in it that i think would apply, Pin Shield and Shield Expert.

pin shield being the better example for this situation, allows someone with the feat to pin an opponents shield negating it's bonus and then making an AoO on their opponent. (requires two-weapon fighting and BAB +4)

i'm not sure what the benefit would be in pinning an opponents weapon, when they can take a 5' step to make an attack on you. (unless this was a benefit from a new feat, like requiring an opposed Str check to disengage...)

 

[boothbey]

I had forgotten about Pin Shield, thanks for the reminder. What I was really looking for was a way to make it harder for the legionair to be attacked. Making it more difficult to use larger weapons in close quarters.