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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Technik4" data-source="post: 1021151" data-attributes="member: 7211">*Blush* No prob Seasong, what can I say, I like a lot of your ideas. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I do generally try and get on the house rule forum the most, helping (or at least giving my opinion) anyone posting things.As for this combat option, it was meant to be a parallel between power attack -> ______ with expertise -> fighting defensively being the inspiration.I of course can see where an AC penalty makes more sense. I also think I should restrict it to melee weapons. Unfortunately I don't have Unapproachable East (only FR book for 3e I dont have actually) so I didn't realize there was a feat similar to it (besides power attack of course).As far as it always being useful against an AC 20, thats true to an extent. First of all, how do you *know* youre only going to hit on a 20, secondly even if you have seen through play that youre gonna need a 20, a "reckless" attack could lead you to be disarmed, sundered against, or tripped more easily, whereas an AC penalty would only make you easier to hit/grapple. Personally I think both are representative of a "reckless" action, but the most utility comes with using this in conjunction with a charge (the charge allows you to trade -2 attack for -2 AC, an interesting residue of this design).Vs AC 20Reckless Offensive: -4 Attack, +2 DamageReckless Offensive + Charge: -2 Attack, -2 AC, +3 Damage(And having Improved Overun gives you an additional point of damage if you charge).Both are useful. I think I need something else when using Reckless Offensive and not charging to deter using it whenever "you aren't going to hit anyway", which isn't the intention of the action (although as an aside, using Expertise + Fighting Defensively + Tumble Ranks is useful if you know you can get your AC high enough that the enemy will only be able to hit you on a 20, does this comparison change things?).Thanks for the comments so far, and if someone wouldn't mind reprinting the feat from UE, I'd like to compare it.Technik</blockquote>

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