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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Joker" data-source="post: 2114504" data-attributes="member: 826">I agree that the mage-slayer feats are very powerful and that the cumulative caster level penalty doesn't really compensate for it (as they can be easily avoided by not taking spellcasting classes.  This does, however, limit his choices.)But they're cool.  As in frigidly so.  Ice cold.  Snazzy.  Spiffy.  They got pesazz (sp?).Regardless, with mage-slayer the caster knows he can't cast defensively so he can always 5ft step his way out of harm (assuming no reach).I think the Pierce Magical Protection should at least allow an AoO and force the attacker to make a dispel check equal to his character level (ignoring the caster level penalty).  It's already a standard action, right?Alternatively, you can just make it a full-round action that provokes AoO (but doesn't require a caster level check).Maybe he can only dispel one spell per strike.  Just some random thoughts on balancing this feat.I think the Pierce Magical Concealment spell is on par with Improved Precise Shot.  Much better because of the reduced prerequisites but worse because it only ignores miss chances from magical sources.  Granted, there aren't alot of non-magical sources which cause miss chances but there are a lot of situations where mundane cover comes up, at least IME.  YMMV.</blockquote>