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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cadfan" data-source="post: 4657825" data-attributes="member: 40961">Mengu: Exotic Fighting Style: This works for level 1, but it stops working as you advance.  But see below. Grudge Style: This could work, particularly if your strength and wisdom start at the same level.  If your dwarf fighter begins with something like 16/15/12/10/16/11 (I use standard array), then Grudge Style turns Sure Strike into a conditional +2 accuracy basic melee attack.  But see below. True Arrow Style: This is another one I've analyzed mathematically in previous discussions.  It doesn't work.  Twin Strike is still better. Alright, now for the "But see below." stuff. You can make a build that, at high levels, uses Careful Attack effectively.  Just focus heavily on static damage bonuses.  Get enough of them and its more important that you hit than it is that you get your strength modifier to damage.  Its kind of hard to get enough static bonuses, unfortunately, but it is doable. If I wanted to make a Fighter who showcased Careful Attack, I'd go with a Dwarf Fighter Pit Fighter using the array discussed above.  I'd make sure he was wielding a superior weapon, and that his strength and wisdom kept pace with one another.  Then I'd give him both the Grudge Style and the Exotic Fighting Style, and I'd advance his strength and wisdom together, using a two handed weapon that focuses on lots of wisdom, like a polearm.  The end result would be someone who, whenever he was hit, could retaliate with a +2 attack that deals 1[W]+wisdom+wisdom+profiency, where wisdom was equal to strength.  Basically, I'd be getting +2 attack and +strength damage whenever I was hit, since strength and wisdom were equal.  I think thats very playable. That being said, this is kind of an edge case power, and I don't think its worth using if you aren't going to really take the time to do it right.</blockquote>

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