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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cheiromancer" data-source="post: 2499388" data-attributes="member: 141">Hi Scion!I like the mechanic that lets you get the AoO instead of making the caster's concentration check an autofail.That said, why the -2 penalty to caster level?If you are a caster yourself, you should be better able to anticipate how other casters move to avoid AoOs.  That's reflected in the fact that spellcraft is a class skill.  But why should this training interfere with your own spellcasting?If there is a kind of "hatred of magic" kind of theme going on (someone wanting to get a forsaker flavor to his barbarian) then I could see the penalty to CL, but I don't think the spellcraft check fits.  Joe the mage-hating barbarian shouldn't have to invest that many skill points into Spellcraft.I think the main effect of the caster level penalty in the original feat was to make it attractive to non-spellcasters. But if you make it a spellcraft check (a cross-class skill for non-spellcasters) then it is suddenly a lot less useful.  Spellcasters still won't take it, I don't think, since it means they kinda have to take Practiced Spellcaster.  I'm not sure that taking the AoO is worth the investment of two feats.</blockquote>