Judge this feat: Rolling whirlwind attack

[hong]

Arrow Defense could be criticised as bland, but given the abomination that is the 3.5 Deflect Arrows feat... I think this kind of mechanic works much better.

That wasn't one of my favourite 3.5E changes either....

Rapid Strike and Improved Rapid Strike... You need both feats to achieve the same effect as with Rapid Shot, which reduces the power level quite a bit, but the consequences of using them with a large two-handed weapon are still too severe.

Well, the RS feat comes from M&M, which has a slightly different setup to regular d20. Maybe having the extra attack gain 1/2 Str bonus to damage, like with an off-hand attack, would be the way to go.

The comparison to Rapid Shot also isn't really consistent, because you can presumably use the feats while using a shield.

I don't think that's a real problem. Shield Expert lets you gain the shield AC bonus and make a shield bash at the same time, which is just the flipside of this feat. In any case, it's just one extra attack; the dedicated TWF person can get ITWF and GTWF to become a _real_ blending machine. And I can always make the prereqs tougher if need be.

And doesn't manyshot only use one attack roll for all the shots, which means that Improved RS isn't really equivalent to Manyshot, either?

Manyshot is funky that way, but it still works out to getting two attacks for the price of one.

Thanks for the feedback. By doing so, you are contributing to making my martial artist better, which I'm sure you'll agree is a most worthy pursuit.

 

[Darklone]

You mean your Ranger class ?