help my centaur become a charging monstrosity

[Krensus]

The best way to ensure you hit with you power attack+charge is the tactical feat Shock Trooper from Complete Warrior. The Heedless Charge section says that when you charge and use at least 5 points of Power Attack, you can subtract that number from your AC instead of your attack roll.

Leaves you vulnerable for a round, but totally worth it imo. In addition, you may want to look into the feat Leap Attack from Complete Adventurer that lets you make a jump check to deal 3x what you subtract from Power Attack when you charge as opposed to 2x. Couple this with the Skill Trick Extreme Leap from Complete Scoundrel that lets you use a swift action once per encounter to move 10 ft. if you have jumped at least 10 ft. this round. Leaping Charge, hit, then use Extreme Leap to move straight back 10 ft. and do it again next round as long as you have a good tank that can keep the mob in position. You take an attack of opportunity, but totally worth it to hammer in a monster's brains for 2 rounds in a row.

 

[calighis]

Isn't the damage from the power attack multiplied from the centaur using a lance anyhow? therefore he would do 4x damage with a leap attack???

 

[calighis]

Deep Impact + Power Attack + double damage = off the charts crazy good.

Is deep impact automatic every time i charge? I dont have XPH. What are the prereqs?

 

[blargney the second]

Deep Impact is a psionic feat: you expend your psionic focus, and it turns a single melee attack into a touch attack. Prereqs: power point reserve, Psionic Weapon feat, and BAB +5.

Leap Attack turns your PA on a charge into -1:+3. With the doubling of the lance charge, it effectively becomes -1:+6.

 

[calighis]

Oh wow that is broken. Thats an extra 30 + guaranteed point of damage. I know what feat comes next.

 

[NightCrawler]

If i would be to make a charger i would be sure he has:

1) Power attack
2) Leap attack
3) Battle jump (from unearthed arcana if i am right)
4) Schoktrooper

and i would ensure that my weapon is a Valorous one (for a +1 ench it doubles the dmg on a succesfull charge. This is fro forgotten realms.)

So using a two handed weapon we have:
3 * [(weapon dmg + str modifier * 1,5) + 3 * (power attack points)]
dmg on a succesfull charge.

Put your own numbers (weapon dmg, str mod, power attack pts) on according to the lvl of your char.

Oh and i suggest fighter lvls for it due to lots of feats he gets but you can get a lvl1 barb to have the little pounce trick