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====== Combat ======

For Melee combat, in addition to the traditional rules for actions and maneuvers in combat, additional options are being made available to spice up combat and allow for more precise action. 

We will be breaking up some of the traditional combat actions into four parts.

  - Effect:  Pick an effect or effects for the maneuver. Note the attack penalty
  - Drawbacks: Pick drawbacks that remove some of the attack penalty.
  - Net Effect: Add up the penalty and drawback modifiers.
  - Visuals: Description of how it works

===== Effects =====
^ Effects^^^^
^ Name                    ^ Key  Abilities     ^ Attack Roll Penalty  ^ Benefit ^
| [[#area attack|Area Attack]]             | Str                | –5 per 5-foot square | Attack an area and all targets in it |
| [[#blinding attack|Blinding Attack]]     | Dex, Int, Wis      | –30                  | Target blinded 1d4 rounds |
| Bonus Damage            | Any                | –5 per +2 of bonus   | Bonus on damage, max. +10 |
| Daze Attack             | Str                | –20                  | Target dazed 1 round |
| Deafening Attack        | Str, Dex, Int      | –10                  | Target deafened 1d6 minutes |
| Deny Dexterity Bonus    | Dex, Cha           | –10                  | Opponent must make Sense Motive check or Reflex save (DC 10 + half base attack bonus + key ability modifier) or lose Dex bonus to AC |
| Disable Natural Attack  | Str, Dex, Int, Wis | –20                  | Prevent use of one physical attack |
| Disarming Attack        | Str, Dex, Int      | –20                  | Target loses weapon |
| Disrupt Special Ability | Str, Int           | –20                  | Prevent use of Su or Ex ability |
| Forced Movement         |Int, Cha            | –10                  | Opponent moves 5 feet |
| Inflict Penalty         | Any                | –5 per –1 of penalty | Cause penalty to foe’s attacks, AC, checks, or saves, max. –5 |
| Knockback               | Str                | –10                  | Opposed Str check to push foe back |
| Knockdown               | Str, Dex           | –20                  | Knock opponent prone |
| Movement Damage         | Str, Dex, Int, Wis | –10                  | Reduce foe’s speed by 5 feet |
| Stagger                 | Str                | –10                  | Foe loses next move action |
| Stun                    | Str, Int, Wis      | –30                  | Target stunned 1 round |
| Sundering Attack        | Str                | –10                  | Deal damage against object or weapon foe carries |

==== Area Attack ====

You make an attack that covers a wide area. You might sweep over a
group of enemies with a large weapon, throw a large object that
crashes onto several of your foes, or send a ceiling or wall collapsing
down upon them.

**Key Ability:** Strength

**Prerequisite:** You must have some way of physically harming the
entire targeted area, such as having reach to it. This effect represents
a single attack that sweeps through an area, not multiple attacks.

**Rules:** You attack an area rather than a single target. You may pick
as many 5-foot squares as you could conceivably reach with your
weapon. (Unless you are using a reach weapon, the most squares you
could affect would be all those you are adjacent to.) You take a penalty
on your attack roll based on the number of squares you try to strike.
You make a single attack roll and apply its result against all foes in
the area. Roll damage separately for each target you hit.

**Penalty:** You take a –5 penalty on your attack roll for each 5-foot
square that you try to attack. For example, a strike against three
squares entails a –15 penalty. You cannot score a critical hit with an
attack that uses this maneuver.

==== Blinding Attack ====
You slash at an opponent’s eyes, temporarily blurring his vision
with a bloody cut to his brow or directly injuring his eyes.

**Key Ability:** Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom\\
**Prerequisite:** Your target must use eyes or a similar organ in
order to see.\\
**Rules:** The target of this effect is considered blinded for 1d4
minutes.\\
**Threat:** On a critical hit, the target is blinded for 2d4 minutes
instead of 1d4.\\
**Penalty:** You take a –30 penalty on your attack roll. Not only
must you strike at a foe’s eyes, but you must hit him in the precisely
correct spot to cause injury to the visual organs. Most creatures
wear helms or take special care to defend their faces.

===== Sample Combat Maneuvers =====
==== Called Shot, Arm Strike [Strength] ====

**Effect:** Inflict Penalty (–2 on attacks): –20\\
**Drawback:** Attack of Opportunity, Target Only: +5\\
**Drawback:** Saving Throw (Fortitude, DC 10 + half base attack + Strength modifier): +5\\
**Net Effect:** Total attack roll penalty: –10


You slash at an opponent’s arm, tentacles, or another body part
that it uses to make attacks. The pain of the injury and the damage
you deal to its tendons and muscles cause a –2 penalty on all its
attacks.

==== Called Shot, Glancing Blow to Head [Strength] ====
**Effect:** Bonus Damage (+4): –10\\
**Effect:** Stagger: –10\\
**Drawback:** Saving Throw (Stagger, Fortitude, DC 10 + half base attack + Strength modifier): +5\\
**Drawback:** Full-Round Action: +5\\
**Net Effect:** Total attack roll penalty: –10

This attack is meant to model a careful, deliberate strike. The
maneuver avoids provoking attacks of opportunity by waiting for
the proper moment to strike (hence the full-round action), but it
comes at a cost. This attack can only stagger a foe, since it lacks the
wild strength of the other called shots.

==== Called Shot, Hand [Strength] ====
**Effect:** Disarming Attack: –20\\
**Drawback:** Effects Only: +5\\
**Drawback:** Saving Throw (Fortitude, DC 10 + half base attack + Strength modifier): +5\\
**Net Effect:** Total attack roll penalty: –10

You smash your foe’s weapon and hand, causing stinging pain
and forcing him to drop his weapon. This attack focuses on brute
force to knock a weapon away. Compare it to the standard disarm
attack from the core rules to see how the maneuver system can
use a different path to achieve a similar end. This attack forgoes
dealing normal damage to reflect the fact that it is a strike against
a weapon and hand, and to keep the attack roll penalty manageable.

==== Called Shot, Legs [Dexterity] ====
**Effect:** Movement Damage: –10\\
**Drawback:** Saving Throw (Reflex, DC 10 + half base attack + Dexterity modifier): +5\\
**Net Effect:** Total attack roll penalty: –5

You slash at your opponent’s legs, wings, or other body parts
associated with movement, slicing tendons and muscle to slow him
down. This relatively low-risk maneuver proves useful for capturing
opponents or for slowing down a mighty foe who could pursue you
if you attempted to flee.

==== Called Shot, Vitals [Intelligence] ====
**Effect:** Bonus Damage (+2): –5\\
**Effect:** Stun: –30\\
**Drawback:** Attack of Opportunity, Total: +10\\
**Drawback:** Full-Round Action: +5\\
**Drawback:** Saving Throw (Stun, Will, DC 10 + half base attack + Intelligence modifier): +5\\
**Net Effect:** Total attack roll penalty: –15

You land a blow at a sensitive portion of an opponent’s anatomy.
This maneuver shows how Intelligence can serve as a key ability. It
relies on knowing where to strike rather than striking with tremendous
force. The attack of opportunity drawback is a great leveler,
making this maneuver most useful in one-on-one fights where the
attacker doesn’t have to worry about multiple attacks of opportunity.

==== Glowering Display (Charisma) ====
**Effect:** Forced Movement: –10\\
**Drawback:** Full-Round Action: +5\\
**Net Effect:** Total attack roll penalty: –5

You make a show of easily knocking aside an opponent’s attacks
before easily breaking through his defenses. Daunted by your skill,
your opponent steps away from you.

==== Jawbreaker (Strength) ====
**Effect:** Disable Natural Attack: –20\\
**Drawback:** Free Strike: +10\\
**Drawback:** Saving Throw (Fortitude, DC 10 + half base attack + Strength modifier): +5\\
**Net Effect:** Total attack roll penalty: –5

As a monstrous foe snaps at you with its bite attack, you slam its
jaw, shattering teeth and bone.

==== Joint-Piercing Strike (Wisdom): ====
**Effect:** Disable Natural Attack: –20\\
**Drawback:** Attack of Opportunity, Target Only: +5\\
**Drawback:** Effects Only: +5\\
**Drawback:** Full-Round Action: +5\\
**Net Effect:** Total attack roll penalty: –5

You carefully study a creature’s moves, seeking the one perfect
place to strike it to ruin a joint and disable one of its natural
attacks. Contrast with jawbreaker, above.

==== Overpowering Strike [Strength] ====
**Effect:** Bonus Damage (+10): –25\\
**Drawback:** Attack of Opportunity, Target Only: +5\\
**Drawback:** Overwhelming Effort: +5\\
**Net Effect:** Total attack roll penalty: –15

This wild shot represents a hurried strike aimed at a foe. It has little
chance of hitting a competent foe, but when it strikes, it can be
devastating, making it the preferred attack of the desperate, the
crazed, or the lucky. Unfortunately, the attacker loses his guard (provoking
the attack of opportunity), and the wild, uncontrolled swing
sends him tumbling to the ground. This maneuver puts the attacker
in a bad position after his strike. Hopefully for him, it’s the last attack
he needs to make against this foe. Otherwise, he’s in trouble.

==== Power Hammer [Strength] ====
**Effect:** Knockback: –10\\
**Effect:** Knockdown: –20\\
**Drawback:** Attack of Opportunity, Target Only: +5\\
**Drawback:** Full-Round Action: +5\\
**Drawback:** Reflective Effects: +10\\
**Net Effect:** Total attack roll penalty: –10

This maneuver is useful against smaller foes that have superior
combat training and are outnumbered. By throwing yourself at your
opponent, you send him reeling backward and off his feet. While
your leap also leaves you knocked back and prone, your allies are in a
good position to step in and finish off your now very vulnerable foe.

==== Taunting Defense (Charisma) ====
**Effect:** Inflict Penalty (–2 to attacks): –10\\
**Drawback:** Full-Round Action: +5\\
**Net Effect:** Total attack roll penalty: –5

Using your skill at arms and your natural ability to manipulate
others, you deliver a series of stinging blows that enrages your opponent
and makes him take wild, poorly aimed attacks.

==== Throw Debris (Dexterity) ====
**Effect:** Inflict Penalty (–3 to AC): –15\\
**Drawback:** Effects Only: +5\\
**Drawback:** Full-Round Action: +5\\
**Net Effect:** Total attack roll penalty: –5

You grasp a fistful of dirt, sand, or some other debris and cast it at
your opponent’s face. While he coughs and wipes at his eyes, you can
take advantage of the distraction.

==== Weapon Lock [Strength] ====
**Effect:** Disarming Attack: –20\\
**Drawback:** Effects Only: +5\\
**Drawback:** Opposed Check (Strength): +5\\
**Drawback:** Reflective Attack: +5\\
**Net Effect:** Total attack roll penalty: –5

You lock your opponent’s weapon with your own, tangling it on
your pommel or blade. The two of you struggle for a moment, giving
you the opportunity to tear your foe’s weapon from his grasp.

====== Skills ======
===== Craft (Alchemy) =====
You can use the Craft (Alchemy) skill to identify potions at no cost: just a taste.  The Difficulty class is 15 + half spell level.

===== Spellcraft =====
You can use the Spellcraft skill to identify magic items.  The Difficulty class is 15 + the item's caster level.

====== Turn Undead ======
===== Turning =====
When you turn, you send out a wave of positive energy in a 30-foot burst.  All undead in this radius are allowed a Will saving throw with a DC equal to 10 + 1/2 your cleric level + your Charisma modifier.  A failed save results in positive energy damage equal to 1d6 for every two cleric levels beyond the first and the undead is frightened for 1d4 + your Charisma modifier rounds.  A successful save negates the frightened condition and halves the damage.  A commanded undead that is subjected to positive energy receives a will save to break free of the control.

===== Rebuking =====
When you rebuke, you send out a wave of negative energy in a 30-foot burst.  All undead in this radius are allowed a Will saving throw with a DC equal to 10 + 1/2 your cleric level + your Charisma modifier. A successful save by the undead prevents you from controlling it.   A failed save results in negative energy healing the undead equal to 1d6 hit points for every two cleric levels beyond the first and the undead is under your control. A cleric may command any number of undead whose total Hit Dice do not exceed his level.  A commanded undead that is subjected to turning might flee and receives a new saving throw against your command.