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<blockquote data-quote="Caliban" data-source="post: 710227" data-attributes="member: 284">Yes.Yes.From the Oriental Adventures section of the D&amp;D FAQ:&nbsp; Can you use the Karmic Strike feat&nbsp; when fighting defensively? Can you use Karmic Strike when using the total defense option? &nbsp; Yes. It's not a very good option, but you can do it. &nbsp; Note&nbsp; that&nbsp; you&nbsp; decide&nbsp; whether&nbsp; Karmic Strike&nbsp; is on or off during your turn, and the -2 armor penalty and ability to&nbsp; make&nbsp; attacks&nbsp; of&nbsp; opportunity&nbsp; against&nbsp; foes&nbsp; who&nbsp; hit&nbsp; you remain&nbsp; until&nbsp; your&nbsp; next&nbsp; turn.&nbsp; Also&nbsp; note&nbsp; that&nbsp; any&nbsp; attacks&nbsp; of opportunity you make via this feat count against your number of&nbsp; attacks&nbsp; of&nbsp; opportunity you&nbsp; are&nbsp; allowed.&nbsp; You&nbsp; won't&nbsp; get&nbsp; a lot&nbsp; of&nbsp; attacks&nbsp; from&nbsp; the&nbsp; feat&nbsp; unless&nbsp; you&nbsp; also&nbsp; have&nbsp; Combat Reflexes and a decent Dexterity score. &nbsp; You&nbsp; could&nbsp; likewise&nbsp; choose&nbsp; to&nbsp; fight&nbsp; defensively&nbsp; when&nbsp; it's your turn, and the +2 dodge bonus to Armor Class and the -4 attack&nbsp; penalty&nbsp; apply&nbsp; until&nbsp; your&nbsp; next&nbsp; turn.&nbsp; Thus,&nbsp; the&nbsp; attack penalty applies to any attacks of opportunity you might make by virtue of Karmic Strike. &nbsp; You&nbsp; also&nbsp; can&nbsp; use&nbsp; Karmic&nbsp; Strike&nbsp; when&nbsp; you're&nbsp; using&nbsp; the total&nbsp; defense&nbsp; option.&nbsp; Since&nbsp; total&nbsp; defense&nbsp; doesn't&nbsp; carry&nbsp; an attack penalty, any attacks of opportunity you might make as a result of using Karmic Strike are unaffected. On the other hand,&nbsp; the&nbsp; +4&nbsp; dodge&nbsp; bonus&nbsp; to&nbsp; Armor Class might well limit the number of foes who hit&nbsp; you and, thus, the number of attacks of opportunity you'll make.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Caliban, post: 710227, member: 284"] Yes. [b][/b] Yes. [b][/B] From the Oriental Adventures section of the D&D FAQ: [b] Can you use the Karmic Strike feat when fighting defensively? Can you use Karmic Strike when using the total defense option? [/b] Yes. It's not a very good option, but you can do it. Note that you decide whether Karmic Strike is on or off during your turn, and the -2 armor penalty and ability to make attacks of opportunity against foes who hit you remain until your next turn. Also note that any attacks of opportunity you make via this feat count against your number of attacks of opportunity you are allowed. You won't get a lot of attacks from the feat unless you also have Combat Reflexes and a decent Dexterity score. You could likewise choose to fight defensively when it's your turn, and the +2 dodge bonus to Armor Class and the -4 attack penalty apply until your next turn. Thus, the attack penalty applies to any attacks of opportunity you might make by virtue of Karmic Strike. You also can use Karmic Strike when you're using the total defense option. Since total defense doesn't carry an attack penalty, any attacks of opportunity you might make as a result of using Karmic Strike are unaffected. On the other hand, the +4 dodge bonus to Armor Class might well limit the number of foes who hit you and, thus, the number of attacks of opportunity you'll make. [/QUOTE]

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