SERIOUSLY NEED HELP Whirlwind Attack/ cleave?/2weapons???

[Arcanus]

I KNOW I KNOW....

This has been debated and debated etc.....
I can't remember what the ruling was (I only want to hear official)
and I was hoping someone here could point me in the right direction to find it or could tell me how it works.

I never paid much attention to it before because I never had the feats. Lately in our campaign we have been getting completed surrounded and outnumbered by monsters etc... I thought I would make a new character that could at least deal with that better. 5th level fighter type.

 

[kreynolds]

From the D&D FAQ...

How many attacks would a character with the Whirlwind Attack feat get if she were attacking with two weapons? What if she has Ambidexterity and Two-Weapon Fighting? What if she also as Improved Two-Weapon Fighting?
If you don’t have Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, you get one attack against every foe within 5 feet, plus one attack for the second weapon. The Ambidexterity and Two-Weapon Fighting feats reduce your penalties, but they don’t give you any extra attacks.
If you have Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, you get one attack against every foe within 5 feet, plus two attacks with the second weapon.
In either case, you must use your primary hand for the Whirlwind Attack, though you can decide which weapon will be "primary." Note that your two-weapon attack penalties apply to every attack you make during the Whirlwind Attack.

Do the Whirlwind Attack and Cleave feats stack? For example, can I use Cleave to get extra attacks if a Whirlwind Attack kills one of my targets?
You can use Cleave only once a round. If you have the Great Cleave feat, however, you can cleave each time you drop an opponent, even when the opponent drops in a Whirlwind Attack. (When a foe drops, resolve the extra cleave attack before finishing the rest of the attack rolls in the Whirlwind Attacks.)

 

[Arcanus]

Thanks a bunch. I knew someone could help me.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

In a related matter, If I cast true strike and then make a whirlwind attack, does it affect everyone around me or only one?

Whirlwind Attack says that you give up your regular attacks and make one attack against each opponent within 5 feet.

So do I roll one attack and use the result for every badass, or do I roll once per enemy? If it were the former, I'd say true strike applies to the lot.

 

[kreynolds]

In a related matter, If I cast true strike and then make a whirlwind attack, does it affect everyone around me or only one?

It would function only on your first attack roll.

So do I roll one attack and use the result for every badass, or do I roll once per enemy?

Roll once per enemy.

 

[Christian]

It's once per enemy (while the verbiage in the feat description is ambiguous, the FAQ entries above refer to 'attack rolls' in the Whirlwind), and the +20 would apply to the first roll only.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Damn. I was looking forward to my power-attacked, true striked whirlwhind attack to knock them all out cold. So I have to pick out the guy with the better armor and hope I roll nice with the others (or their having crappy AC)