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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1311073" data-attributes="member: 1656">From the 3E Main FAQ:If you use the true strike spell and you get a threat, doesthe +20 bonus from the apply to the critical confirmationroll? Would the +20 bonus apply to the extra attacks youget from the Cleave, Great Cleave, or Whirlwind attackfeats?When you roll to confirm a critical, you use whateverbonuses applied to the attack roll that made the threat, nomatter where those bonuses came from.True strike affects only one attack. (Rolling to confirm acritical is not a separate attack for this purpose.) If you makemultiple attacks in a round, your bonus from true strike appliesonly to the first attack you make, no matter how you managedto get multiple attacks.In the Cleave feat, the phrase "at the same bonus" distinguishes it from other feats which grant an extra attack "at your highest base attack bonus".If you have a BAB of +6/+1, and you drop an opponent with your first attack, then the Cleave is calculated using the +6 and any applicable modifiers.  If you drop an opponent with your second attack, then the Cleave is calculated using the +1 and any applicable modifiers.Since True Strike discharges on your first attack, it is not an applicable modifier to the Cleave attack.Likewise, if I am Paladin making a mounted charge and Smiting Evil at a hobgoblin with my Goblinbane sword, then I have:+6: BAB+2: Strength bonus+2: Charging+4: Smite Evil+1: Enhancement bonus+2: Bane bonus+1: Higher Ground bonusTotal: +18.I hit easily, of course, drop the hobgoblin, and Cleave into his Dire Wolf companion.I'm no longer charging.  The wolf isn't evil, nor is it a goblinoid.  And since it's Large, I don't get the higher ground modifier.So, using the same BAB figure (+6), I add any applicable modifiers - my Strength bonus (+2), and the Enhancement bonus of my sword (+1), for a total attack bonus of +9.If I'd gone the other way, charging the wolf and using Smite Evil on the Cleave of the hobgoblin instead, then my bonus would have been +11 on the initial attack, and +16 on the Cleave.The feat text, to remove ambiguity, should say "at the same base attack bonus".  It doesn't, but that's how it works.  -Hyp.</blockquote>

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