FEAT: Reactive Attack

[kreynolds]

Nah. Let the Mage use Bluff to fake it if they want to. A built-in defense to this feat:

Mage uses Bluff to fake casting.

Fighter charges and hurts Mage, but fails to kill him in one blow.

Mage defensively casts (to avoid AoO) some nasty Will Save type of spell ( the fighter Achille's Heel).

Fighter fails save and is taken out of the fight. Mage wins!!

Ya' know, that tactic is right up there with walking into a bar and stopping every single woman you see and spouting the following line, "Nice shoes. Wanna <bleep!>?" until someone eventually comes home with you.

It's not wise, it's not effeceint, it's not safe, and it most assuredly is hazardous to your health.

 

[mikebr99]

I'd be more inclined to post it like this:

Reactive Attack [General]

Prerequisites: Improved Initiative, Alertness, Combat reflexes, 2+ ranks in Spellcraft.

You can react quickly to interrupt spells cast by opponents.

Benefit: Once per round you can attempt to interrupt a spell being cast just as if you had readied an action. This partial action may be any sort of physical attack allowable as a partial action - melee attack, ranged attack or partial charge. This partial action takes the place of your next regular action, and your initiative order changes to that of just before the spell caster. If under the effects of a Haste spell or similar magic, you may take only your extra partial action on his next turn.

Normal: Without this feat, you must use an attack of opportunity or ready an action each round you wish to attempt to interrupt a spell being cast.


... but that's just me...

 

[kreynolds]

Normal: Without this feat, you must use an attack of opportunity...

I'd scratch that part from the description. It just screams "Spellcasting isn't fair and I think it sucks and it's too hard to interupt so that's why this feat exhists!"

Of course...that's just my opinion...I could be wrong.

 

[Artoomis]

Ya' know, that tactic is right up there with walking into a bar and stopping every single woman you see and spouting the following line, "Nice shoes. Wanna <bleep!>?" until someone eventually comes home with you.

It's not wise, it's not effeceint, it's not safe, and it most assuredly is hazardous to your health.

Well, I didn't say it was a GOOD idea.


Of course, the best way is to cast with Improved Invisibility, Haste and Fly.

Hah - try an interrupt THAT!!

 

[mikebr99]

I'd scratch that part from the description. It just screams "Spellcasting isn't fair and I think it sucks and it's too hard to interupt so that's why this feat exhists!"

Of course...that's just my opinion...I could be wrong.

Of course spellcasting isn't fair... it's completely broken as a matter of fact, and so are most of the feats and skills...

All I allow for PC classes are commoners, and you better be happy about it too!!! Why in my day all there was, was commoners, we didn't have all these fancy choices... maybe a ditchdigger PrC here and there, but we were happy as commoners dammit!!!

 

[kreynolds]

Of course, the best way is to cast with Improved Invisibility, Haste and Fly.

You forgot Displacement, just in case.

 

[kreynolds]

Of course spellcasting isn't fair... it's completely broken as a matter of fact, and so are most of the feats and skills...

All I allow for PC classes are commoners, and you better be happy about it too!!! Why in my day all there was, was commoners, we didn't have all these fancy choices... maybe a ditchdigger PrC here and there, but we were happy as commoners dammit!!!

Here here!!! I even banned the 5-foot step!!!!

 

[Artoomis]

Well, I think I'm done here (at least as far as this feat is concerned). There is plenty of info here for anyone who might want to place this feat in a campaogn.

 

[mikebr99]

Well, I think I'm done here (at least as far as this feat is concerned). There is plenty of info here for anyone who might want to place this feat in a campaogn.

aahh... come on Arty... have a little fun.

Where the heck are you anyway??

 

[Artoomis]

aahh... come on Arty... have a little fun.

Where the heck are you anyway??

I'm in Redmond, WA.

I am having fun - I just have nothing more to add on this feat.

Now if you want to talk about banning the 5-foot step and playing only with commoners...