Please Rate Improved Shield Bash

[Gaiden]

Kraedin,

I can't quote this, but you are not required to use any of your abilities. A rogue who attacks someone w/o their dex bonus does not have to sneak attack that opponent despite being able to. A druid does not have to leave no tracks when walking through the woods.

Anytime an ability must be used, the text will quote that the ability must be used - as with the frenzy ability from the frenzied berserker.

 

[Kraedin]

I disagree.

 

[Stalker0]

I disagree.

Then you are wrong. Why would I all of a sudden have to knock a guy when before I could just do damage. Because I have some new insight into knocking guys back, I now HAVE to use it? This ability is voluntary.

I'd rate it a 7, it has cheap prereqs, and combines all the benefits of bullrush witthout ANY of the drawbacks. No AOO, possibly cause several AOO on yoru opponent, and sometimes that 5 ft can be over a cliff

Finally, its not an automatic push back, it says it works just as if you had performed a bull rush. Well when you perfrom a bullrush you make opposed strength checks to see if you succeed. This doesn't change because of the feat.

 

[smetzger]

Are the results of your extensive polling compiled somewhere?

Yes, the message board.

At the bottom of the message list you can change how they are sorted. Try this:
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All my posts that begin with 'Please rate' will be what your looking for.

 

[Ridley's Cohort]

I disagree.

Boy, it must be a real @%^$# in your games when your barbarian finishes off the last bad guy...and the only available target to receive the Cleave attack is a fellow PC.

 

[JoeBlank]

Thanks, smetzger, never had any reason to pay attention to alternative sorting methods before. Appreciate it.

 

[Archer]

The ability to trigger a bunch of AoO's on a target your party has mostly surrounded or the ability to do a full attack, knockback your opponent and step away 10' so your opponent can only get 1 attack. If you have feat synergy and knock your opponent prone then they don't get any attack at all as they have to stand and then move or crawl up for a single attack at -4.

This feat is better than expert tactician.

 

[the Jester]

Once again a really cool feat is pointed out by your polls!

Thanks, smetzger!

 

[Marshall]

Hey Smetzger!

Maybe you should get our lovable mods to thumbtack a "Poll Compilitation Thread" to the top of the board. It would be nice to have a consistent place to see these results.

Oh Yeah, Gave it a seven. Better things to spend my feats on, but its up their in the 'Shield Expert' chain.

 

[Azure Trance]

Boy, it must be a real @%^$# in your games when your barbarian finishes off the last bad guy...and the only available target to receive the Cleave attack is a fellow PC.

hehehehe ... that reminded me of a really old game I once played ...