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Message: <blockquote data-quote="airwalkrr" data-source="post: 3077771" data-attributes="member: 12460">Bear in mind this house rule is part of a simplified set of house rules that is a hybrid of 1e and 3e. My goal is to simplify the rules set to make combat flow more quickly like it did in AD&D. I also believe power attack is simply too good. IMO DR should be effective but warriors often use power attack instead of special weapons to bypass it. In other words, I recognize how this makes DR more significant.Power Attack allows you to take a -4 penalty on your attack roll and gives you a +4 bonus on your Strength modifier for the purpose of calculating damage. The prerequisites for Power Attack are Str 15 and BAB 4+.Improved Power Attack (new feat) essentially allows you to take double the penalty for double the bonus. The prerequisites are Str 17 and BAB 8+.Combat Expertise grants an additional +2 dodge bonus to your AC when fighting defensively or using the total defense action (obviously fighting defensively and CE cannot be used together any more). The prerequisites for CE are Int 13 and BAB 2+.Improved Combat Expertise (new feat) grants an additional +2 dodge bonus (stacks with CE) to your AC when fighting defensively or using the total defense action. The prerequisites for ICE are Int 15, BAB 6+.</blockquote>